Word: vividness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...neon-tube burst into a vivid red glow, waves started to move from one end of the tube to the other, then to stand still, then to reverse their motion, and then to move towards both ends of the tube, seemingly being formed at the middle. A representative of the CRIMSON was witnessing a demonstration of research apparatus of Harris Fahnestock 1G at the Cruft Laboratory of the Engineering School...
...William Van Alen's plans for the new Chrysler Building, to be world's highest (68 stories), now under construction in midtown Manhattan. Everywhere apparent was the tendency toward simplification of form, and the invention of new forms rather than reliance on archaeology. Colorists now apply a vivid spectrum to polychrome decoration and colored tiles. Aviation architecture proved a feature instead of a novelty. The New York Times displayed a plaster model of Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd's winter headquarters in Antarctica, with four T-shaped landing and take-off platforms, three skeleton wireless masts, a group...
...protest against the Government's suppression of the Pope's temporal power in 1870. Recently, however, Il Duce has restored a mite of earthly authority to Il Papa (TIME, Feb. 18), and last week purring cinema machines proved how mountainous is the Pontiff's gratitude to the Dictator. Especially vivid and stirring were the footages showing Cardinal La Fontaine, Patriarch of Venice; Cardinal Gamba, Archbishop of Turin; and Cardinal Mam, Archbishop of Pisa, all of whom proceeded directly from the cele- bration of High Mass to vote at the head of their clergy. Photographs of popular Cardinals...
Rome Haul is well peopled, but it is rather the story of a canal, and the history of a vivid phase in the development of U.S. civilization. Burdened with no plot or proof, it is engrossing for its otherworld, yet essentially new-world, atmosphere...
...sharp contrast is a "Spring Landscape" by Segonzac, notable for its rugged and vigorous handling. The cool grays and vivid greens of the picture are particularly attractive. To grasp fully the charm of this heavily painted canvas it is necessary to stand as far from the picture as possible...