Word: unwrap
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sense, has Bierce's considerable literary reputation. No one reads him any more. His name rings louder than his works, which fill twelve volumes. In his brisk but superficial new biography Richard O'Connor (Jack London, Bret Harte) does not unwrap the mystery of Bierce's disappearance. But the book does constitute one more testament of faith in the man whose bitter messages to mankind have faded scarcely at all since he set them down...
...Unwrap a Mummy. Getting new art works is half the fun. But Rorimer collects objects with objectivity. He did not blink at buying a couple of lumpy 10th century Persian ivory chess pieces for a four-figure price. They are not so pretty, but they are as scarce as pterodactyls' teeth. The Met prefers to buy what collectors do not favor. Not enough French impressionists and postimpressionists? Indeed, the museum has only 28 Degas, 26 Monets, 22 Renoirs, 16 Cézannes and seven Van Goghs. But that is because Rorimer is in no hurry...
METROPOLITAN-Fifth Ave. at 82nd. The Met is hustling to complete new galleries and other surprises it plans to unwrap later this season. Meanwhile, there is still plenty to see: ancient Peruvian ceramics, fashion vignettes, English transfer-printed pottery, and the customary wealth of great paintings...
Most states use convict labor to make their license plates, and now and then car owners around the country still unwrap their new tags to find the penciled gag: "Help! I am being held here against my will...
President Kennedy kept his plan for avoiding a nationwide railroad strike a secret right down to the moment he was ready to unwrap it. Only a few members of his own New Frontier team knew what he was going to propose. He wanted to spring his plan on Congress before critics could marshal any arguments. Then, to the White House one day, he summoned a passel of congressional leaders. Seated at the Cabinet Room's spacious, coffin-shaped table, he somberly reported that management and union negotiators were deadlocked, and that federal intervention was the only way out. Then...