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Despite these qualifications, Sculptor Davidson is a U.S. political leader of considerable stature. As chairman of the Independent Citizens' Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions, he has a corner on some priceless ingredients of a modern political campaign: famous names, famous faces, talent and showmanship...
...Priceless Heirloom." Knutson's headquarters detachment, meanwhile, had been busy with that "priceless heirloom: the only building in America that brings us in contact with the Middle Ages." Holand reviews the several theories on the origin of the Newport landmark, including the widely accepted one that it was erected as a windmill by a Rhode Island colonial governor. Following Philip Ainsworth Means and others, and citing copious structural details, Holand concludes that the windmill theory is unsound-that the building was originally a "round, fortified stone church" of a type common in medieval Scandinavia. The builders: obviously, Knutson...
William T. Sanders '50, an Anthropology concentrator, used a vigorous and unprintable metaphor in an interview yesterday to indicate his skepticism at reporter's efforts to interpret the importance of McCown's priceless collection of Neanderthal bones. Sanders characterized one printed report as "a bunch...
Most of the statues, paintings and tapestries have not been seen in six years; many have never before been exhibited in a museum. Standout in the priceless collection is the famed 11th Century Essen Madonna, a 30-inch, gold-covered wooden statue that spent the war years in a damp tunnel. Now, in the 16th Century castle which Goebbels commandeered as a summer home, the wide-eyed Madonna sits serene in a gilded bathroom...
Sally Rand's time-honored fandangling and bubble-cuddling suddenly struck San Francisco police as indecent. They arrested her - twice in one week. Topping off the priceless publicity, the judge took a look for himself. Upshot: charges dismissed...