Word: shaded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...name was Kelly-Major Charles Kelly, of Sylvania, Ga.-but in the manner of combat soldiers the world over, his men seldom called him by anything but his nicknames. One was "Little Napoleon," because he was only a shade over 5 ft. 6 in. tall, had intense blue eyes and a shock of unruly black hair. They also called him "Madman Kelly," for during his six months in the South Viet Nam war, he flew more helicopter missions than...
...worth of business right on deck. Australia's enterprising businessmen miss few opportunities to mold their exports to their customers' specific habits and needs: in a wily and woolly coup in Thailand, they recently landed a large order for plastic sneakers by producing them in a shade of orange that matched the robes worn by the country's innumerable Buddhist monks...
...These two are the best. Laredo's photos are particularly good at capturing architecture, and the accompanying essays are casual and urbane. But for many readers Feininger's camera may prove more authoritative, his selection of subjects more inclusive, and the commentary by Kate Simon a shade more knowledgeable...
...graduate with citified manners and a Brooks Brothers look about him. Yet not even the backwoods folks of Kentucky mistake him for anything but what he is: a tough politician in a state that grows tough politicians. Big (6 ft. 2 in. and 190 lbs.) Thruston Morton is a shade to the rough-cut side of Mark Hatfield. But his vibrant voice and imposing manner behind the gavel will certainly project an image...
Haussmannian. More than the stopgap panaceas and two-dimensional thinking of much urban renewal, the plan is Haussmannian in scope and architectural in dimension. The council would turn Pennsylvania Avenue into a ceremonial boulevard with distinctive brick paving, bordered by double or triple rows of graceful shade trees, and three-level sidewalks to take the rubbernecking out of parade watching. Constitution Avenue, which now makes a messy, scissorslike intersection with Pennsylvania, would neatly dive beneath...