Word: roof
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hopeful. Compromising and tough by turns-at one point he threatened not to campaign for the Christian Democrats in next fall's general election-Erhard never ceased pressing for his law. Last week, while Bonn sweltered under heat so intense that firemen were obliged to water the Bundestag roof to prevent it from dripping tar, the 60-year-old Economics Minister finally won the day. The law he got-which provided for a number of permissible cartels including "crisis" cartels and retail-price-fixing rings-was less than he had hoped for. Nonetheless, said Erhard, "with all its deficiencies...
...talked friends into putting up $150,000, and selected the "rainless, mosquitoless and airplaneless" 76-acre San Juan ranch in the piñon-studded hills north of the city as the location for an amphitheater. Crosby and associates constructed a stage shell with an up-sloping flying roof and forward-sweeping wings designed to kill the echo off the rocky hills. To reflect the sound, engineers sank a pool between the orchestra pit and the 480-seat amphitheater, making one of the handsomest operatic settings in the Western Hemisphere...
...marble used in the Parthenon. This design forms a 20-ft. cantilever which serves as a sunbreak, reminiscent of the massive Greek porticos. The first floor has a screen of sky-blue ceramic tile; the upper two stories have a curtain wall of grey glass spandrels hung from the roof girders. For added elegance, the interior court will be ringed with columns of Pentelic marble, the base of the building with dark grey Santa Marina marble. Amid the dignity and elegance there will be practicality: the basement will house a garage for 35 to 50 cars; a double roof will...
PONTIAC will also get a wheel-to-roof new styling job, emphasizing a flat, low hood and a smooth, long-looking line. Engines will be slightly more powerful, and air suspension will be optional. One newcomer: the Ventura, a super-sporty hardtop convertible with a beefed-up engine...
BUICK and OLDSMOBILE will both get major styling surgery, especially Buick, which will probably lose its No. 3 spot to Plymouth this year. Buick, tossing away its unsightly 1957 roof struts and chopped-up rear windows, will have a smooth roof, wrap-around rear window, a revamped grille, dual headlights and tail fins...