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Word: run (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this reviewer, much of Frank Lloyd Wright's work has disquieting touches of fussy decorativism and makes obsessive use of the forms of nature, reminiscent of the mannered Art Nouveau school. It is in the Bear Run, Pennsylvania, home of Edgar Kaufmann, made in 1938, that Wright scores a complete triumph, a building that is livable, reserved, elegant, yet amazingly natural...

Author: By Ian Strasfogel, | Title: Form Givers at Mid-Century | 10/2/1959 | See Source »

...significant than those of Wallace K. Harrison, who exhibits buildings for Alcoa that seem to have been designed for the sole purpose of discovering uglier and uglier ways of using aluminum. If Harrison's experiments turned out to be disastrous failures, those brave new forms at Ronchamp and Bear Run resulted in magnificent accomplishments. It is achievements such as these which have given our century the most exciting buildings since the Renaissance...

Author: By Ian Strasfogel, | Title: Form Givers at Mid-Century | 10/2/1959 | See Source »

With only the relay to be run the Americans had fought back from a 6-4 deficit to tie the score at seven first places each. Also, in 36 previous Anglo-American contests over a span of 64 years, Oxford and Cambridge had won 17, and the American universities (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Penn, and West Point) had taken 17, with two meets being tied...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Touring Harvard-Yale Track Team Takes Oxford-Cambridge Classic | 10/2/1959 | See Source »

Although the Student Government Association is trying to plug the gap left by Percussion with a mimeographed weekly sheet, they have dropped short of the mark, carrying only notices and official announcements at present. Fashion run-downs and other traditional Percussion features are absent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Percussion' Falters; 'Cliffe Terminates Jolly-Up Mixers | 10/1/1959 | See Source »

PENNSYLVANIA: The Quakers finished fourth last season, but showed the Crimson an example of their deadly multiple offense, run by Larry Purdy with help from Dave Coffin, perhaps the fastest man in the League, Fred Doelling and Ed Goodwin. The return of that entire backfield, along with nine of last year's starting eleven, gives coach Steve Sebo reason to hope for an Ivy League title. Other outstanding returnees among 22 of 32 lettermen are ends Barney Berlinger, and Jon Greenawalt, center Ron Champion and halfback Jack Hanlon...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: Varsity to Tie for Second As Penn Takes Ivy Title | 9/29/1959 | See Source »

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