Word: shapes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Georgetown University's 175th memorial convocation, Johnson dealt with the problems of NATO. "The Atlantic Alliance," he said, "is not in the midst of crisis, as some alarm-mongers would have you believe. But it is in the midst of change ... To change patterns of thought or the shape of institutions is never very easy. Today's discussion and debate, the flow of ideas and proposals, is proof of coming change and a spur to continuing action...
...force de frappe. By a vote of 278 to 178, the Assembly gave De Gaulle a green light to pursue his intransigent course. He will have an opportunity to try the razor's edge next week, when the NATO foreign ministers assemble in Paris to debate the future shape of the alliance...
...JEREMY ANDERSON, 43, is a San Francisco sculptor who prefers working in natural-finished wood. He painted the upper reaches of his attenuated Composite Mythology green to harmonize its grain. Hardly shocking when compared with Brancusi, the slender shape looks at once like ephemeral femurs knocking on a knee joint and a pinch-waisted dancer on toe point...
...Canadian tree growers are trying to retaliate with better, less expensive trees. Farmers who cut and sell wild trees for extra income are being edged out by large tree plantations, where as many as a million evergreens are mechanically planted, protected and harvested, then carefully graded by size and shape. To protect their trees, shippers have begun to wrap them in a new plastic mesh that costs about 25? a tree but ensures arrival in good condition. At Montreal's MacDonald College, Dr. A.R.C. Jones is grafting European pines onto Canadian trees to produce a greener, fuller tree that...
...secret places may lie is offered in his letters. This collection begins with a puppy-love note, written in 1887, when he was twelve, and ends with dinner invitations from Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy. It would not be fair to say that what lies between shows the shape of his life. There are only occasional hints, for instance, to suggest the depth and quality of his relationship with his wife Elinor, presumably because the two were not separated often enough to exchange many letters...