Word: plain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...morning of Shaw's death, newsmen, who had stood a two-day deathwatch in the rain and fog outside the gates of the plain house called Shaw's Corner, were cheered at 4:30 a.m. by a sudden lifting of the fog. A half-hour later the stars were burning brightly when Housekeeper Alice Laden appeared at the gates and told the reporters, "Mr. Shaw is dead." Next day the world's newspapers were crammed with the highlights of his long life, restatements of his sauciest witticisms and the tributes of the great to a figure...
...colorful as only a multi-millionaire can be. Tall and imposing in stature, flourishing an enormous, wild-looking moustache, he was in constant demand in New York and Paris society. But, the most eligible bachelor of any year, Higgins never married. Disappointed in love, unfortunate experiences, and just plain stubbornness--all were given as reasons, but the truth was never known...
When it comes to appraising fellow painters, Kelly is equally plain. Last week he was back in London from jury duty at Pittsburgh's Carnegie International Show (TIME, Oct. 30), with a disappointed verdict on contemporary U.S. art: "It appears to be suffering from what I take to be a kind of measles which affects the young. So many of the young seem to have gone all abstract ... it is probably due to the passion for modern culture...
...Hanford project, flatly said that Du Pont had not wanted to take on the new job. It had done so only "upon assurances from highest governmental sources that the project is of vital importance" to the U.S. The reasons for Du Pont's reluctance were plain. It did not want to risk having the "merchant of death" tag pinned on it again. Nor did it have any desire to hand more ammunition to Fair Deal trustbusters who have filed three suits attempting to break up the Du Pont organization. Last week the New York Times's Pundit Arthur...
...county fair, Paris style, with chorus girls prancing on an open-air platform while, at garishly decorated stands, French stage and screen stars whooped it up for French products. In all the buzzing, crowded area there was but one solemn touch. A long, patient line had formed before a plain board platform. On it sat a slender, spectacled novelist rapidly autographing stacks of his latest book. They were selling as fast as he could write his name in a large clear hand: C. Virgil Gheorghiu. Within a couple of hours he had sold close to 1,000 copies...