Word: plaines
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...history in the making. As television moved this week into its second decade, chances were that some of the best of such moments in the new season would come from a dark, high-domed man with a hangdog look, an apocalyptic voice and a cachet as plain as his inevitable cigarette. His name: Edward R. (for Roscoe) Murrow...
Last week it was plain that the headlines were wrong and Hollister was right. A significant new policy has been worked out by the U.S. to back the promotion of free enterprise with dollars. Whereas previous foreign-aid bills only paid lip service to free enterprise, the latest foreign-aid legislation contains a whole new section setting up a Development Loan Fund for the express purpose of "encouraging competitive free enterprise" abroad. For the first time the U.S. Government is authorized to make loans directly to foreign businessmen. The Administration and such businessmen as Clarence Randall, former chairman of Inland...
...cosmetic lift since the invention of gay deceivers. Across the U.S., 100,000 beauty shops and drug counters are supplying eager heads with a whole spectrum of tints (cosmetologists never say "dye") that sport such come-on names as Golden Apricot, Sparkling Sherry, Fire Silver, Champagne Beige and just plain Black...
Into the office of a psychiatrist (Lee J. Cobb) walks a plain and rather prim young housewife (Joanne Woodward) who complains of blinding headaches and "spells." After a few talks with the doctor, she feels some relief. Then one day, months later, her husband (David Wayne) finds the bedroom strewn with flashy clothes which she insists she did not buy; but the people at the store, who know her well, insist she did. Back to the doctor, who begins to suspect that there is more to Eve White than meets...
...with Puzzlement. The end result required some 500 staff conferences between Wilde and Bunshaft. Recalls Wilde "I admit I asked Gordon plaintively if there could be any compromise. I'd have loved a fireplace! Well, I have a magnificent office in plain taste." A $100,000 mock-up section was thrown up by Turner Construction Co., and everything, from Linotile to venetian-blind drawstrings, wa tried on it. To reduce heat, a new green-tinted glass was used. To break up space, new movable paneling was developed. To keep maintenance cost low, dark grey Quincy granite...