Word: plain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...crimson tent was set up in the muddy Maragheh plain in honor of the royal presence. Baggy-pants peasants and their red-cheeked women and children crowded close to stare at Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, Shah of Iran, resplendent in the green uniform of army commander in chief. Suddenly, the Shah asked for the microphone, delivered an impromptu talk to the crowd. "I've been in this land reform business for over ten years," he said. "It's now reached its decisive stage. Believe me, it is no honor to be King of a poor and hungry people...
...unnecessary to listen carefully to John Cage's accompaniment of electronic whines, buzzes, piercing, shrieking tones, and cacophonous static. The endless, disjunctive movements and music discouraged close attention: without looking, without listening, one knew that it would be more of same, more of same. Variety at random is just plain dull...
...Praised!" "Seems to me," said Marin. "the true artist must perforce go from time to time to the elemental big forms-sky, sea. mountain, plain-to sort of re-true himself up, to recharge the battery. But to express these, you have to love these, to be a part of these in sympathy." Marin's sympathy lasted to the end. From his home in Cape Split, Me., he dashed off one of his last notes to a friend just when nature was erupting all around him. "The Hurricane has just hit," he said. "The Seas are Glorious-Magnificent-Tremendous...
Kubitschek made plain his immediate objective: a plebiscite to restore the presidential system. He obviously hopes to succeed Goulart in the restrengthened presidency in 1966. In a television interview, Kubitschek explained his reasons: "Brazil can no longer remain without a command. The President gives the orders 33% of the time, the Prime Minister 33%, and the Cabinet Ministers 33%. Either we carry out the plebiscite or we will march toward a new crisis.'' In the U.S. last week for a month-long lecture tour. Kubitschek warned: ''This split of power might push the country into revolution...
...swimming team continued last year's winning ways with a 9-2 overall record. Their only two defeats came from teams which were just plain better than they were--Princeton and the phenomenal Yalies. Yet in both these meets, almost every Harvard swimmer posted a time which bettered his best previous effort...