Word: corinthian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...difficult, though, to make rigid comparative judgments about the objects on display. The Corinthian helmets and hammered gold shields may intrigue some people more than reliefs of buxom goddesses, while others may be drawn to metal worked laurel wreaths used to honor the dead. And especially interesting is a silvered-iron mask of a man's face with rough cast-iron "hair" made in the first century A.D. More spontaneous in spirit is the bronze "Horseman" cavorting, only three inches high yet painstakingly, masterfully fashioned. Ostentation, heroism, eroticism and plain whimsy--all are here. Collections of such variety are rare...
...Baptist deacon who has sworn off even his occasional Scotch-and-soda during the campaign, smiled and said no. By 9:15, he had met with a group of would-be New York delegates in the Genesee Room of the Americana Hotel, talked with local civic leaders in the Corinthian Room, addressed a $10-a-plate breakfast in the main ballroom (he netted $500) and convened a press conference...
...company reports on a meeting with officials of two major ad agencies: "Six months ago, they told us what to do: advertise gas economy, small size; advertise American, no-nonsense thrift. And who gets the action? Chrysler Cordoba and Volare-foreign names, foreign actors on the TV screen, 'Corinthian leather,' the look of 'elegance.' I asked the admen 'What the hell is this all about?' They could not explain...
...course of events by reconciling the couple. Only Medeia can see him, and she thinks he's a devil. Gardner's helpless narrator is the hilarious antithesis to the traditional omniscient, omnipotent story-teller. At one point he is actually transformed into flesh and almost killed in a Corinthian slave uprising. While this clown stumbles about Corinth like Jimmy Olson, cub reporter for the Daily Planet, Superman Gardner delves into more universal themes, mustering all of his authorial prowess to drastically alter the mythic conception of Jason and Medeia...
James C. Richdale Jr., president of Corinthian Broadcasting, has complained to the National Association of Broadcasters about the splitting of 30-second spots into smaller units. Says Richdale: "I feel that we must clean up our own house to be effective...