Word: regent
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Regent's Park. In paintings, his collection is equally rich-and heavily weighted toward Americans. Thomas Eakins, for instance, is represented in a quantity surpassed only by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He has kept up with recent op and pop trends, owns 30 early and late works by Larry Rivers. His bet for future fame: Willem de Kooning, of whose works he owns 42. "If ever I have a museum," he once vowed, "I'm going to have a De Kooning room...
...Franco regime. But how much power the king would have and what kind of government he would preside over are open questions. And if the Cabinet, together with the 13-man Council of the Realm, so decides, it can declare all the royal can didates unacceptable and name a regent instead...
Giant Jeweled Necklace. Both here and abroad, the traditional religious themes are losing ground in favor of secular, abstract decorations. London's Regent Street, which for twelve years has provided the backdrop for illuminated displays of reindeer, angels and the magi, has gone completely abstract. The stores along the street, which pay for the display according to their store frontage, this year hit upon a giant jeweled necklace consisting of eleven sections made up of 33 hexagonal frames wrapped in gilt tinsel. In the center of each hexagon is a three-foot star, and at the bottom of each...
...conversation, he is frequently frustrated by his inability to articulate his thoughts. He lives modestly except for his art, will search the streets for a restaurant where he can eat for $5. Despite his brief and desultory academic background, he is a great backer of education and a regent at the University of California. Most of all, in the business life that has made possible all else that he has done, Simon is alternately a disrupting influence and a force for growth, a boardroom tyrant and a tolerant boss. Says Norman Cousins, editor of the Simon-owned Saturday Review: "There...
Mario Savio, the student chiefly responsible for the dustup, said: "It sounds like a great report." And Byrne won other support. Regent Buff Chandler called it "a good piece of research, well written, with many salient points." Her family newspaper, the Los Angeles Times, published all 85 pages. Governor Pat Brown called it "very thoughtful, very provocative, a good report." U.C.L.A.'s Chancellor Franklin Murphy agreed with its major points...