Word: laboredness
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Like most artists, Lurçat liked medieval tapestries best. He admired their storybook symbolism, straightforward drawing and economical restriction to blacks, reds and yellows. At Aubusson, Beauvais and the world-famous Gobelin tapestry works in Paris, descendants of the medieval masters still labored. But their models were mostly second...
Shortly before World War II, Lurçat had decided that to make good tapestries once again, Aubusson (285 miles directly south of Paris) needed a return to the good old days. He managed to interest a few fellow-artists (notably Raoul Dufy, Fernand Léger and up-&-coming...
Note of Regret. Winston Churchill, who called the White Paper an "able but melancholy document," realized with a note of regret that the Empire was, indeed, in liquidation. "No one will doubt," he said, "the sincerity and earnestness with which the Cabinet ministers and the Viceroy have labored to bring...
The work of John Maynard Keynes had an importance transcending economic exploration or probility theory. A liberal of humanitarian principles, he foretold his future when he resigned his position as Treasure representative at the Versailles Conference that he might oppose the ridiculous economic burdens being placed upon a prostrate Germany...
More than anything else, Hamilton Holt is a fine person, a lovable man. His tireless work has made college possible for many needy students. In the five years prior to this war, at least one-third of the Rollins student body received some form of financial aid. Rollins (and peace...