Word: quick
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...predominantly grey coloring of his pictures does not give a colorless effect but, like a pebble in a stream bed, hints at a glistening multitude of hues. Grey Borders (see cut) reminds Tàpies of a "well-raked garden in a Zen Buddhist temple," but he is quick to point out that he saw a photo of such a garden only after finishing the picture. Certainly it is both austere and serene; if it also seems pretty empty, it is the emptiness of contemplation, of waiting for enlightenment...
...tenth reunion of his college class is where a man discovers with quick amusement that his classmates are married, harried and potty as aldermen. It is also where a man realizes, in dismay, that he is too. Perhaps with the idea of softening the shock, Princeton's class of '49 mailed questionnaires to its 760 members. From 510 anonymous replies, tabulators last week could sketch the sort of old Princetonian who will make the nostalgic trip to Nassau Hall this June: he is plump, prosperous, has most of his hair, is worried about the state of the world...
...surprise, because only one day earlier, Federal Reserve Board Member M. S. Szymczak told a Washington audience that the Fed might have followed a tougher money policy were it not for the 4,700,000 U.S. workers still unemployed. His remark was interpreted to rule out any quick discount hike, and the bond market spurted up on the strength of it; after the announcement, the market slipped back again...
...individual initiative, he continued. Almost regardless of a student's field of concentration, if he is in the top quarter of his class, he can take an exam, which, if he passes it, will guarantee him a starting salary of $5,000 a year with a chance for a quick raise...
...spirit of sentimentality, Yale's varsity swimming team disposed of the Crimson, Saturday, in quick order, 60 to 26. This victory gave the Elis the League title and extended their string of consecutive dual meets...