Word: objects
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...over two air and sea bases totaling 99 square miles, plus the use of 31 sites and installations outside the base areas. But the military usefulness of the bases, Makarios warned, will depend on "the friendliness and cooperation of the Cypriot people." Makarios declared last week that he would object to a nuclear stockpile on Cyprus, and added: "Nor would we agree to the use of the bases as a springboard for attack on any country." Colonial Under Secretary Julian Amery, who signed the treaty for Britain, was not disposed to argue, but pointed out brusquely: "They are sovereign bases...
...Venice's venerable Biennale should hit an alltime low this year was no real surprise to Italian critics. Over the years, they have watched it shrink in artistic importance almost in proportion to its growth as a tourist attraction. They suspect that art is not so much the object as attention-getting shock appeal, and the scramble for one of the four $3,200 "official" prizes that automatically boost an artist's prices on the international art exchange. Said Milan's Corriere Lombardo: "The Biennale has lost its artistic heritage; it is of interest now only...
BANK OF ENGLAND raised bank (i.e., rediscount) rate from 5% to 6%, second highest in world's industrial nations. Object: to curb inflation and reduce Britain's trade deficit, currently at $171 million...
...object of this controversy is a slight, fringe-bearded alto saxophonist named Ornette Coleman. No jazzman has created such a stir since Charlie Parker started packing them in at the Three Deuces on 52nd Street 15 years ago. Last week, insiders of the cool world were flocking to a shabby cave in Manhattan...
...German architect Alexander Koch sounded a theme for the growing style by calling for the "complete integration of all artists, architects, sculptors, painters and technical artists." Just as Wagner had tried to create a "total theater" so there was now to be a total art, embracing every conceivable object. Though Belgium more than any other country led the way, the new style seemed to pop up all over the Western world...