Word: torrent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Molecules of Color. Francis moved on to Paris in 1950 and set to work atomizing the structure of light. In most of Francis' canvases the results, brushed in with broad strokes (he uses a 4-in. brush), look like a jostling torrent of molecules of color. The effect Francis wants is to make his paintings "a source of light. When I paint I try to create the feeling of being in it." In Francis' latest work, even black paint rates as light. Francis sees no contradiction, points out that his black is "intense, glossy and luminous. It creates...
...from the Ministry of the Interior (headed by Faure himself) said that the gendarme could be court-martialed and the cameraman charged with bribery. The communique did not mention the cameraman's nationality, described him only as "a representative of a foreign film company." The result was a torrent of anti-American editorials in French newspapers that did not bother to check the truth of the charge...
...love is entirely consonant with much narrow practice of hatred; but Khrushchev, for all the verbal virtuosity of his performance, for-all the too-familiar clasping of Asia to his bosom, has been treating the intelligence of his hosts with no little contempt if he imagines that his torrent of words is enough to sweep them off their feet...
Very quickly, the season's opening stumble should be forgotten, however, in the torrent of big shows to come. The three networks are pouring more than $75 million into the next few months. The deluge will include some memorable repeats from other seasons: there will be, for example, another Peter Pan with the matchless Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard. But there will also be new productions that ransack libraries, scoop in ballerinas, acrobats, actors, film and ideas from just about everywhere. Most favorites will be back. For the first time, the major Hollywood studios will be onstage...
...mothered by another hurricane, Diane, which swept toward the U.S. from the mid-Atlantic. But Diane turned out to be a weak sister, and soon after hitting the Carolina coast she became a mere squalling rainstorm. When the fading Diane hit the hot and humid Northeast, she released a torrent of rain-the moisture that Diane had sucked out of the ocean when she was still a whirling hurricane. For 24 hours the rains fell from burst clouds, filling rivers and streams, inundating large areas of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and New England (see NEWS IN PICTURES...