Word: virginals
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...chapel will be T-shaped, lit through stained glass, whitewashed on the inside and decorated with paintings done entirely in black & white. For the north wall Matisse plans a picture of St. Dominic, twice life size, and beside him the Virgin and Child in a field of stars. The east wall will be more ambitious than anything Matisse ever tried, combining all 14 Stations of the Cross-from the Condemnation by Pilate to the Descent from the Cross-in a mounting S-curve of pictures. Since Matisse cannot work for long on his feet, he will be unable to paint...
There was not a single odalisque or flowery still life in the place. Matisse had turned to higher, harder themes. Severe line drawings of a long-robed Saint, the Stations of the Cross, and the Virgin and Child now flowed from his hand...
...Trains, Drew Pearson has had more drawn-out feuds than an Irishman could shake a shillelagh at. The loudest was the one with Maryland's Senator Millard Tydings, which started when Tydings called for. a Senate investigation of father Paul Pearson's regime as governor of the Virgin Islands...
Next unit after Koror will probably be on Saipan, whose capture cost 3,040 U.S. lives. The Navy, which rules Saipan, has set aside as Memorial Reservations two areas, one a lake, the other a mountain peak still covered with virgin forest. When enough money has been raised, the Pacific War Memorial will have stations manned with scientists all over the U.S. Pacific, and a headquarters in Honolulu to organize the information that is gathered...
...According to legend, St. Thomas was not present with the other apostles at the burial of Mary, and doubted her ascension till the Virgin threw down to him her cincture as tangible proof...