Word: plain
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Gogh's firm belief in the permanence of Vincent's contribution to art. During an interview yesterday, it became clear that he like to talk about the purely Dutch elements which his uncle depicted while in southern France. The drawbridge, boats on the beach and the flat, plain-like terrain of Vincent's mature work are all typically Dutch, not French, themes. The recurrent motif, found in the late works, of mountains rising in the distance beyond the plains reflects the lowlander's fondness for height. In Dutch medieval manuscripts the local terrain is invariably represented in this manner...
Wherever the U.S. economy is going, one thing is plain: not in many months has there been a better chance for the consumer to pick up bargains...
...Dorsey, political writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, says, "Both Nixon and Kennedy were well received in Ohio. The Kennedy crowds were more enthusiastic--you'd expect a concentration of Democratic voters in the large urban Dorsey he visited. Still, Nixon drew a very good crowd in Cleveland, and filled public Hall...
...special elections held yesterday, Seamus P. Malin '62, of Dudley House and Jamaica Plain, and Hastings Wyman, Jr. '61, of Kirkland House and Aiken, S.C., became members of the Student Council. Malin ran unopposed, and Wyman defeated John R. Adler...
...partisans of the theater are zealots, fiercely dedicated, hotly contentious, and just plain cantankerous. They disagree, as a matter of principle, with almost everybody on almost all topics pertaining to the drama and if they manage to retain some semblance of good manners, it is only because they are afraid to fights with fists...