Word: somber
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Katanga's President-the title he took after formal declaration of the Republic last July-was widely admired by most southern Katangese not only for his stout resistance to the onusiens but for his gracious, smiling manner and for the dignity of his somber grey suits. He is never late for an appointment, often arrives five minutes early, then waits outside, homburg in hand, until the hour. He is no playboy; often, at a conference of African bigwigs. Tshombe will retire to his room with a book while the rest of the boys go out nightclubbing...
...about Feminist Susan B. Anthony, with text by Gertrude Stein, the Sonata da Chiesa, Etudes for Piano, Lamentations for Accordion. Although Thomson's neatly fashioned, strongly melodic film scores have a misty, impressionist charm and are his best known works, there is a more abrasive and far more somber side to his music. It was clearly demonstrated in the anniversary concert's Sonata da Chiesa, with its opening chorale based on a Kansas City Negro church service. Strangely, the program ignored his expertly tailored Four Saints in Three Acts, also written with Gertrude Stein. This "apotheosis of sophistication...
...financial and technical aid to many underdeveloped nations, which need to expand exports to pay interest (up to 7%) on development loans. Duty-free admission for all tropical products, urged Nigeria's Alhaji Shehu Shagari, would "provide a real ray of light that would dispel the somber cloud that has shrouded the activities of this child of hope...
...Oregon's indefatigable Maurine Neuberger, 53, the wheel came a somber circle. Her husband and predecessor as Oregon's junior Democratic Senator, Richard Neuberger, in 1959 reported himself cured of cancer only to die the following year of a stroke. Last week Maurine, who had not been herself since a recent swing through Africa, was operated on in Portland for removal of an intestinal growth. Though preliminary biopsy revealed "low-grade malignant changes," her condition at week's end was reportedly "good...
...most exciting work in the exhibit is that of Martha Rochlin '62, whose painting of two figures (shown in Bertram) won first prize in the oils division. Working somewhat in the manner of Cezanne, with a bit of Freud mixed in, Miss Rochlin relies heavily on large splashes of somber coloring and bold brush strokes for her forceful effect...