Word: retreating
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...toes for brushes. Oda Toyo's talent was early recognized and fostered, including apprenticeship to the painter Shubun, the leading practitioner of Chinese-style paintings of his day. Not until he was 44, disciplined in hand and heart, did Oda Toyo settle down to draw in a peaceful retreat in Unkoku (Cloud Valley), near Yamaguchi, soon began signing his work Sesshu...
...stand he has taken-the archbishop is in serious trouble because of it-and I am going to relate U.S. problems to the long-range missionary interest of all churches, Protestant and Catholic." Until the day he died, Hutchinson lived in the faith that Christianity need never retreat...
Iceland's current internal disorders create a situation which distorts the significance of that small island nation far out of proportion to its size. The Icelandic Parliament's recent resolution, to be voted on in June, would compel NATO forces to withdraw from the country. More than forcing retreat from a vitally strategic position, the resolution, if passed, would constitute a serious and growing threat to NATO cohesion...
...Retreat for Scholars. In a year of outstanding buildings, the three awards to Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons are a tribute to a small U.S. firm (total staff: 25), whose open, uncluttered designs, broad windows and lavish use of natural wood have made it the leader in one of the best regional movements in the U.S. This week's prizewinners sum up the partners' goal: to disregard any preconceived formulas, fit each design both to the terrain and to the building's occupants and purpose...
...Ford Foundation's Advanced Study Center, the firm, led by Senior Partner William Wilson Wurster, 60, dean of the University of California's School of Architecture, put together a miniature campus in six months from commission to moving day. Designed as a retreat for scholars, it is built around restful individual studies for the 38 residents, done in unpainted redwood, with secluded patios and large windows looking out over the lonely hills...