Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dallas, on the first of his two days in Texas, Adlai once again tackled the ticklish tidelands-oil issue. "I do not believe it is wise national policy to give such an asset to an individual state," he told his Dallas audience-then added that he did favor a compromise "which is mindful of the respective interests of the states and the Federal Government." "Governor Shivers," continued Stevenson, "once agreed wholeheartedly with my position . . . But, evidently, the governor has concluded that it is time for a change -of mind...
...acceptance speech he coined his own campaign slogan. "Let's talk sense to the American people," he said. "Let's tell them the truth, that there are no gains without pains, that we are now on the eve of great decisions, not easy decisions ... The people are wise-wiser than the Republicans think." The speech made listening newspapermen, jaded with the stale insincerities of convention orators, look at each other: here was something different. What kind of campaign would a man like that make...
...Body. The final portion of the show spans the past 15 years, and there Ritchie finds his back-to-the-body trend. There are two recent statues by old Cubist Pablo Picasso. One is a touching figure of a Shepherd Holding a Lamb, the other a small Owl sitting wise and silent. There are some late sculpture by such militant moderns as Jacques Lipchitz and Henri Laurens, and they too seem to be getting more natural-even Henry Moore's recent lumps and holes look more like people. Finally, Ritchie shows statues by two Italians who have worked from...
...your colors, mix your attractions with bloused backs and dipping backs but everything in its right place. High necks taper gracefully to the first contrast of shoulder covers, ornamented on the fringe. Be woolly but be wise. Only one general assembly to an evening...
...uninitiated in art, the Museum is a somber place. One of them has called it "the greyest and grimmest collection of medieval plaster casts in America." The visitor passes caskets and kings, prophets and snarling gargoyles, and even one "wise" and one "foolish" virgin. Off the main foyer is a pleasant patio with a pool, overlooked by the Brunswick lion. This is a copy of the statue erected by Henry the Lion, founder of Munich...