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Perhaps only in the U.S. would someone have conceived of repeating the gates to heaven. Yet, shining in their new cathedral portals, the doors also double Ghiberti's chance to survive, astonish and delight his viewers as freshly as he did in Florence five centuries...
...fact, that the Museum of Modern Art would not include some of his last and best pieces in its retrospective show in 1935. Many of them were never cast until the Los Angeles Museum put them into bronze for this show. But Lachaise never intended to embarrass or astonish-only to say something vital about the world in the most vital metaphor he knew...
...money-saving motions. That brought a furious floor blast from Cannon against the whole political atmosphere on the Hill. "Gentlemen," he roared, "justice is for barter and sale to the highest bidder. No one thinks about principle any more. They are ready to sell justice!" Then he proceeded to astonish his colleagues with direct, personal attacks on the leaders of his own party in the House, wound up with a withering slap at Speaker John McCormack. "I have sat under ten Speakers," roared Cannon. "I have never seen such biased and inept leadership...
This dirty trick seemed to outrage (for good reason) and astonish (for no easily articulated reason) Washington...
...station breaks now last 30 seconds, not long as man reckons life. But into this eyeball-probing half-minute, commercials are stuffed with a vigor that would astonish even a sausage maker. The networks give this half-minute to local stations to keep them happy and affiliated, and the stations often slice it up into 10-and 20-second blocks, and sometimes-although they are not supposed to do this-they sell it in three 10-second blocks. Sometimes the local stations will snip an additional 10 seconds off network time without permission, and sell that too. Thus...