Word: roof
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...want. It was Eisenhower's job to show what was beneath this prosperity, and beyond it. He had to show that the larder was not so full as it seemed, and that distant places like Korea or Indo-China were threatening the safety of the safest, newest farmhouse roof. He kept hammering away at high taxes, inflation, high prices, the explosive uncertainties and frustrating deadlock of the Korean...
Shirley-san and Isamu-san made a good team. Living in a 200-year-old, thatched-roof farmhouse near Tokyo, Noguchi started spreading his modern ideas with lots of help from his wife. Earlier, he had turned out abstract designs for the railings on two new bridges for Hiroshima: one was a sweeping single line with a half sphere rising at each end; the other, shaped like a long, low boat. In both, Noguchi wanted to symbolize the city leaving the past for a new and better life. But the symbolism was lost on most Japanese. "The A-bomb," said...
This week, with a driving white drummer and a trumpeter whose favorite range is up with the piccolos, the Duke is raising the roof at Manhattan's Paramount Theater, and later this month he will display his latest style at Carnegie Hall. He no longer has a musical home like the Cotton Club; when the anniversary date rolls around, he will be barnstorming in Iowa. As for all the anniversary excitement among his fans, the Duke, a reserved fellow, smiles and says, "Well, yes, I guess I have been taking a few extra bows lately...
...Leaky Roof...
...Firebird. In Cleveland, just after Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso Capretta had finished remodeling their home, a bird picked up a lighted cigarette from the street, flew to its nest in their roof, and set a $2,500 fire...