Word: print
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...important shows, most recently the exhibition of paintings by Pointillist Georges Seurat that was threatened by fire last month while on view at Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art (bringing Rich to New York within six hours). By encouraging his curators to build up the museum's print, decorative arts and Oriental collections, by starting a photography section and by "sneaking in" a new department of primitive art, Rich has kept the Art Institute growing. But in the end he found himself overwhelmed by administrative detail that "was taking me far away from...
Important books in the field of American history that are now either out of print or very difficult to obtain will be made available at relatively low prices by the Harvard University Press...
Funds for the project will come from the endowments of the Belknap Press, and will be used to print about five or six books a year. Among the works being considered for the first printing are Cotton Mather's Magnalia, Howard Frederic's The Damnation of Theron Ware, and William Stith's History of Virginia...
...news that the New York Times has never seen fit to print was a statement of its annual earnings and condition. Last week, in a detailed story on its financial page, the Times broke precedent and published its first annual report. With characteristic reserve, the Times announced that its ledger had been kept in good, black ink ever since 1896, when it was bought by the late Adolph Ochs for $75,000. Total profits...
Unsubdued and perfectly self-assured, Author Fleming finally took to print in his own defense. Too much violence? Answers Fleming in the Manchester Guardian: true to "real spy-life." Too much sex? Replies Fleming: "Perhaps Bond's blatant heterosexuality is a subconscious protest against the current fashion for sexual confusion." Too much snobbery? "I had to fit Bond out with some theatrical props ... I myself abhor Wine-and-Foodmanship. My own favorite food is scrambled eggs." Yet, though he has never been known to kick anyone in the groin, and fancies his own Ford Thunderbird over a Bentley, Author...