Word: brooms
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...traditions that are centuries old, some students at Berea College in Berea, Ky., have learned to weave, sculpt and carve an assortment of household items that would make even Martha Stewart jealous. The Berea College Student Crafts catalog features hundreds of handmade products. Proceeds from every couch throw ($90), broom ($9 to $48) and candelabrum ($75) go toward the education of the college's 1,500 students, all of whom work in lieu of tuition. "All you have to do is rub your hands across one of our couch throws, and you'll know there's quality there," says Steve...
...didn't pity them much - they should have known by now that he who stands apart soon finds a broom put in his hand. (Even if it's to sweep the lawn, which I actually witnessed yesterday.) So I happily marched off to the rasslin'. Did I mention I was getting better at this place...
Last year Disney linked with Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli to release video or theatrical versions of nine films, including the anime auteur's delightful My Neighbor Totoro (about two kids who befriend a chubby forest sprite) and Kiki's Delivery Service (a cute teenage witch launches her own broom-propelled FedEx). Disney now has the world's top-three animation studios: its own unit and the computer tooners at Pixar and Ghibli...
Organizers gave the statue a broom, a dustpan and a T-shirt reading "Janitor for a living wage," and union members tossed bags of trash at his feet...
...mindless consumerism exist side by uneasy side, a place where a life may not be judged a fair trade for a Rolex. They are also, as Russell later recalls, part of a sequence "we were not going to finish before lunch." A producer worried about the budget suggested he "broom out" some of the details and move on. But the film's star, George Clooney, stood fast. It was scenes like this that had induced him to cut his price in order to make the picture. Besides, Russell was certain that back in Burbank he had Warner Bros.' support...