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Onto the screen came a sadly familiar figure. "That," said Rose, "is Mr. Chamberlain with his famous umbrella. It's so apt to rain over there; you should carry one of those plastic umbrellas with you when you go. Mr. Chamberlain's position was not understood in this country. He did the best he could under difficult circumstances...
Second most popular island is Kauai, where Promoter Lyle Guslander's Coco Palms resort has become the bellwether for hotel operations on other islands. A low, sleek structure whose two long arms embrace a central lagoon, Coco Palms features local color. Bed-lamp shades are plastic copies of the feathered helmets kings once wore, bathroom basins consist of giant clamshells, and guests are called to meals by a leather-lunged islander blowing into a conch shell. Another Gus-lander development, the 22-month-old Hanalei Plantation, is situated on a promontory that was used...
...ideal because of its light Fiberglas stock and high velocity at short range. They have found that lives can be saved by mounting machine guns on helicopters to protect other choppers as they land troops in pursuit of the enemy. Attention to such details as the development of a plastic container for the highly corrosive fish sauce, which the Vietnamese soldier insists on carrying, has proved a morale builder...
...home to her husband. Weatherwise, she admitted that she had bounced around a bit during the island-hopping twelve-day flight. And there was a tense moment when "one engine sort of hiccoughed. I was never lonely, though," said Betty, whose sole companion was a ragmopped plastic doll named Dammit. "When things go wrong, I just shout his name and feel better...
...Held to the geometric surrealism of George Ortman (see color). Kelly's naked statements of form are bland on the surface; yet he clashes colors like cymbals to drive the viewer's eye into more tranquil corners. Al Held boldly ladles as many as 30 layers of plastic Liquitex paint onto his huge canvases to spell out alphabets in monumental bulk. Slowly, as if one had stared for minutes at any word until it became meaningless, the letters cease being acceptable symbols for language, appear fake and finally turn repulsive. The viewer is challenged and taunted. Are they...