Word: semis
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...present form, Sassafras can boast only a semi-humorous premise and an incredible two-hour anthology of stillborn gag lines...
Hanging Walls. Among modern architects, Mies has always been considered the great classicist. It is thus no surprise that the Berlin museum bears a marked resemblance to a classical temple set upon a giant podium of granite-covered concrete. The podium, or semi-basement, is occupied by the burgeoning permanent collection, but the upper gallery, designed for special exhibitions, dominates the museum. It is simplicity itself: a glass-curtained box with a 213-ft.-square roof upheld by only eight burnished-steel columns. Mies has carried out his concept with subtlety. The columns, for instance, are tapered ever so slightly...
...their most musical moments have been on records, particularly on their latest LP, The Who Sell Out. Cleverly framed in the breathless format of top-40 radio, this album mixes authentic station breaks, charmingly unpretentious songs (I Can't Reach You; Silas Stingy) and semi-satiric commercials (Heinz Baked Beans and Odorono, a deodorant). The album is The Who's imaginative antidote to the greatest danger they see in rock today: its solemnity...
Apparently, this outburst of Lennon's in 'Revolution' was provoked by a request made by some radical organization for money and help from the Beatles. Since the Beatles, in their songs from 'We Can Work It Out' to 'All You Need Is Love' have consistently exhibited a semi-political concern for the state of the world and since they are reputed to hold sensible attitudes towards their unbounded wealth (they recently closed the Apple Boutique in London and gave away the store's entire stock of clothes free because, in Paul McCartney's words "We didn't want people...
Farthest along in the development race is Ford, whose six-cylinder, 100-h.p. entry will resemble a sawed-off Mustang and have a semi-fastback roof-line that will make it sportier than the Volkswagen, Japan's Toyota, and other leading low-priced imports. The car is currently being test-run at the company's proving ground in suburban Dearborn. Code-named "the Delta," it is considerably longer (176 in. to 159 in.) than the Volkswagen, but does not stand quite as high (53 in. to 59 in,). It will get about 22 miles to a gallon...