Word: present
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Illinois (6-3-1)-overwhelmed faltering Northwestern, 28-0, to give retiring Coach Ray Eliot a going-away present, prove that its 9-6 victory over Wisconsin the week before was no fluke...
Japan has one of the world's most admired architectural traditions, one that has influenced Western artists and architects from the mid-19th century to the present. But at home Japanese architects have long found themselves faced with a dilemma: how to be modern and still remain Japanese. When the modern movement was brought back from Europe by early Japanese students of Germany's Bauhaus and France's Le Corbusier (see below), the results were often merely derivative cubist modern...
Ironically, what paved the way for Japan's present architectural rebirth was defeat in World War II. The B-29s flattened Japanese cities, and the U.S. occupation knocked into limbo the oppressive remnants of autocracy and feudalism that had saddled Japan for centuries. And up from the ashes rose a new Japanese architecture that is attempting to blend modern technology with traditional Japanese needs and feeling for structure. Best of this new generation intent on making "something new of tradition" is Kenzo Tange, 46, who stands today at the crossroads where Japanese tradition and contemporary architecture meet...
...housing starts will ease off to 1,200,000 from 1,350,000 this year, said Paradiso, because of tight money. But the demand for appliances and furniture will continue to go up. Instead of buying a new house, more consumers will fix up the present one, leading to an increase in remodeling expenditures...
...Mueller, urging that the Government stockpile steel now coming from the mills as a hedge against resumption of the strike. "While I have not abandoned hope that a settlement will be reached before the 80-day injunction expires, nevertheless I must advise you in all candor that at the present writing no settlement is in prospect...