Word: wood
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Federal patronage hardly produced a renaissance in painting. But as murals turned up in post offices in Anadarko, Okla., Corning, Iowa, or Hartselle, Ala., a nation woke up to art. During the period, such artists as Rockwell Kent, Reginald Marsh and Grant Wood became popular favorites. In their shadow, other figures such as Ad Reinhardt, Arshile Gorky and Willem deKooning were learning and living under the same program. For the first time in U.S. history, the artist was not only officially recognized, but also Government approved...
...immediate free elections in those parts of Vietnam controlled by the U.S. had a different problem. If Peabody was having trouble putting his words into thought. Adams struggled with the more conventional reverse difficulty. Uncomfortable during his speech, he clung to the podium, constantly tapping his finger on the wood, his ring glinting through a waterglass with more and more agitation as he searched for adequate words. He couldn't find them. All that came across were the honest, but cliched catchphrases. One admired his courage and regretted his inarticulateness, felt his emotions and didn't believe his arguments...
...lead with only 18 holes to go, and Las Vegas bookmakers were offering 7 to 1 that even Btfsplk Brewer could not blow that $20,000 title. They should have known better. Palmer shot a spectacular 69-eagling the 586-yd. fifth hole when he knocked his No. 3 wood second shot to within 8 ft. of the pin-and Gay ballooned...
Spread across the country by chain and variety stores, the crosses are now being made of copper, wood, enamel and silver plate, and are being sold by such quality stores as Manhattan's Bergdorf Goodman and B. Altman. Largest manufacturer is Rhode Island's Ronnie Jewelry, Inc., which is now turning out some 24,000 crosses a day, calls them "the hottest single novelty item in years...
...Poon also plans to recreate Grauman's Chinese Theater's wet cement act by recording Miss Wood's handprint for future Harvard students. "She might even mouth the words to a song from West Side Story," Lewis said hopefully...