Word: representation
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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SO optimistic are Alaskans on statehood, now that the House of Representatives has voted them toward membership in the Union, that they have a flag already prepared (see cut). The stars are neatly arranged, seven up, seven down. Only trouble: nobody is sure what a 49-star flag will look...
Before it could be withdrawn, the U.S. last week latched onto the U.S.S.R.'s tentative acceptance of President Eisenhower's offer of joint technical studies on the feasibility of stopping nuclear tests. President Eisenhower sped off a "Dear Mr. Chairman" letter to the Kremlin's Khrushchev, proposed...
Target date for the Concert Hall is now July 1960. The new Met is due to be finished in July 1961; the Theater of the Dance by July 1963. Says Center President Rockefeller: "It is proper that Lincoln Center should represent the best of American architecture, for we are building...
The most obvious of Thurber's symbols is the dog. Dogs as symbols are not new, but Thurber's canines are novel in every respect. They are large and friendly, with sad eyes, huge ears, and long tails. They play the role of impersonal participants in the action of life...
A more likely solution takes off at a tangent from sex. The obstacle, in this view, signifies adolescence. The spontaneous sex life of the rabbit embodies all that men (especially Americans) fear of this period. Hence the obstacle takes the form of a rabbit--a large rabbit. In support of...