Word: reflective
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ingenious polychrome plaster plaque. These exhibits demonstrate ways of putting his idea into practice: 1) by molding and painting lifesize images of dancers into the props of ballet sets; 2) by setting up colored, abstract manikins as foils for dancers; 3) by shaping scenery surfaces so that they reflect all chance positions of lighting...
Like Saipan and Iwo Jima, Okinawa was a base absolutely essential to the U.S. plan; it had to be taken, no matter how bloody the price. It was clear now that the final price would faithfully reflect Okinawa's ample size (921 square miles) and its suitable nearness to Japan (325 miles). For the moment, Okinawa was the vortex...
This week the White House flag was run up to full staff. The official period of mourning for Franklin Roosevelt was over, and Harry S. Truman had ended his first month as President. He also had moved across the street from Blair House, and the White House began to reflect the easy informality of the brisk Mid-westerner's family life...
...other side of the world, Japan's war lords could watch these events with profound and somber interest. They might or might not reflect that less than six months ago Germany had still owned the strength to inflict cruel setbacks on her foes at the Roer and in the Ardennes forest. They might or might not see that some breaking point had been reached, after which the German catastrophe had gathered volume and speed like an Alpine avalanche. And they might or might not wonder when the breaking point would come for Japan...
...press is on exhibition at this conference and a lot of showoffs in the business aren't doing it any good. The wild predictions about what's going to happen and the utterly irresponsible experting by amateurs and cookoos ... don't reflect any credit on the once-proud fourth estate...