Word: vividness
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...most vivid literary images are devoted to the military art. "Guerrillas," he once wrote, "should be as cautious as virgins and as quick as rabbits . .. [They] are like innumerable gnats which, by biting a giant in front & rear, ultimately exhaust him." He exulted in armed struggle: "A Communist war which lasts ten years may be surprising to other countries, but for us this is only the preface . . . Historical experience is written in blood and iron." No warlord has left a more gory trail of death than Mao, not since the mad General Chang Hsien-chung, who slaughtered 30 million...
...answers is easy: CBS color is good-in some ways better than Technicolor. It adds depth and detail to the TV picture. The colors themselves are vivid but not harsh. Some programs-sports, for example-gain immeasurably with the addition of color. But a poor TV show, of course-tasteless comedy, tired drama or stale vaudeville routines-cannot be freshened by all the hues in the spectrum. An entertainment egg can be laid as easily in color as in black & white-perhaps more easily...
LIFE'S Picture History of World War II. A vivid assembly of World War II's actions, scenes and faces (TIME...
...first of these came 12 seconds after the opening whistle, when a Roman score was recalled for an offside; the argument that followed stopped play for five minutes. One could follow every phase of the discussion quite clearly merely by watching the extraordinarily vivid gesticulations of the players. The most interesting performance was staged by the Navaro goal-guard, who put on a private demonstration of shame and rage by lying face down in front of the goal and beating the unoffending earth with his fists, feet, and forehead. Even after the umpire's decision had been upheld, the goalie...
LIFE'S Picture History of World War II. A vivid assembly of World War II 's actions, scenes and faces (TIME...