Word: photographs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...myth of his invulnerability took on a new dimension during a festival in Vientiane, where an old woman fell into a trance on seeing Kong Le's photograph. "Setthathirath is returned!" she screamed. Setthathirath is a legendary king of Laos who disappeared in the 16th century while on a jungle expedition. The Lao believe that when Vientiane is in great danger, this hero-like Britain's King Arthur-will return to save them. To this day many Laotians believe Kong Le is Setthathirath. And although Kong Le embarrassedly shrugs the matter off himself, he is not so sure...
...chief depicter of George Washington, he showed that to paint portraits is often to paint great history. Over the centuries, on a less exalted plane, an amazing amount of homely personal history also stuck to the brushes of the portrait painters, but the daguerreotype and the photograph in the end reduced this broad popular stream of American art to a trickle. The rise and decline of portraiture is the most striking theme of a World's Fair exhibit called "Four Centuries of American Masterpieces" (see opposite page) and housed in the Better Living Center...
When the Red Pathet Lao overran Laos' embattled Plain of Jars last month, the U.S. replied by sending unarmed jets swooping low over Pathet Lao territory. The purpose was partly to photograph troop movements, partly to demonstrate U.S. resolve to stand firm in the Red-threatened little kingdom. But last week, after Communist gunners shot down two American planes in two days, the U.S. decided that shooting back with cameras was not enough-and in a small way Southeast Asia's crisis began to "escalate...
...More complex scanners can give the equivalent of a three-dimensional picture. On the oscilloscope screen, the ultrasound echoes make a picture that may look like Lord Cornwallis' breastworks at Yorktown. Additional circuitry can make the oscilloscope hold the picture long enough for the doctor to snap a photograph...
...Rise's nose was even with the Dancer's tail. Two more strides, and he was 1 length behind. Another stride-but there was no more time. The two horses swept past the wire, with Northern Dancer in front by a neck. Track stewards called for a photograph to make sure. Shoemaker knew that he had lost. "I tried," he sighed. "Lord, how I tried...