Word: warm
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Under the warm sun of a republic that suffers kings no more, Prince Henri of France, 24, the eldest son of the Count of Paris, pretender to the nonexistent French throne, and the Duchess Maria-Theresa of Württemberg, 22, were married before 150 other crowned and uncrowned heads of Europe's dwindling but still ornamental nobility. As the elegant 50-car procession wound through the streets of Dreux in one of the most dazzling displays of royal panoply since World War II, thousands of monarchists shouted "Vive le Roi!" Among those present: King Paul and Queen Frederika...
...Department of State had a commission to challenge any architect: 1) build a million-dollar U.S. embassy in Athens just one mile from the Parthenon, 2) make it a showcase of U.S. modern architecture, but let it be classical enough to fit its surroundings, 3) give it a warm, friendly, inviting atmosphere expressing U.S. democracy. For the assignment, State picked German-born Walter Gropius, 74, founder and onetime (1919-28) director of the Bauhaus, later chairman of Harvard's department of architecture, and founder of his own cooperative architectural firm in Cambridge, Mass., The Architects' Collaborative (T.A.C...
...Cuba's Sierra Maestra mountains last week, a Roman Catholic priest lived with and ministered to the band of rebels led by Fidel Castro. In Colombia a cardinal of the church heard the warm praise extended by a people who regard him as a ranking hero of the revolution that tossed out Dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. From Cuba to Argentina, the church is taking a critical look at its old role as friend of the top dog and is often charting a new, antidictatorial course...
After many cycles of this, they opened the jars. The dry soil inside was still alive with bacteria which had triumphantly survived "Martian" dryness and cold. The hardiest strains could reproduce during warm spells when the moisture content of their soil was only two-fifths of 1%. When the moisture rose above 1%, as it may during the Martian spring when the icecap melts or evaporates, the bacteria throve...
...hope the Festival Committee will not heed the critic of the Globe, who complained that a light and gay opera ought to have been picked for warm weather. I am sick of the idiotic policy of calling a moratorium on serious plays and operas of high quality during the summer months. The audiences certainly appreciate the chance of seeing this fine work, heat...