Word: umbrellas
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...rainstorms to sketch outdoors. One March day, inspired by a "glorious thaw," he trudged out to a nearby woods and had hardly set up his easel when a thunderstorm came up. "I decided nothing was going to stop my painting." he recalled later, "and hurriedly got my huge beach umbrella and my raincoat. I protected my legs with a portfolio (the wind holding it in place). And so I painted with my nose almost on the paper with thunder crashing, boughs breaking and rain falling in torrents...
...this is Beckett." Ruby Kahn interprets Endgame from a religious point of view, somebody clse says it takes place inside a womb, another says it's the beginning. I find myself enraged cach time I see one of these interpretations as a sort of umbrella that it has to go under...
Sensitivity and Jobs. The committees presented their final reports to a group that had grown from 150 to 650 people. The proposals were as wide-ranging as the city's problems: among them a citizens' housing council to bring existing housing groups under one umbrella, a city community health center and mobile clinic for the county, more Neighborhood Youth Corps jobs, the county vocational school to remain open through the summer, and sensitivity training courses for white teachers and students. One of the committees also urged that police dogs not be used against people...
...Western Europe, the Soviets are attempting to capitalize on fears about the declining effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear umbrella and the likely departure of large numbers of U.S. troops. In this anxious situation, the Soviets obviously hope that their own growing power will persuade the Western Europeans to be less closely aligned with...
...Whistle. Three hours after touchdown, Lovell will descend the LM's ladder and become the fifth man to walk the dusty surface of the moon. He will be joined by Haise 20 minutes later, and the two will proceed with the now familiar lunar routine-unfolding the umbrella-shaped S-band antenna, setting up the American flag, preparing the package of nuclear-powered experiments for deployment...