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...attention to some of its most egregiously deposited examples. During outings, Cho keeps watch for specimens left in high-traffic venues and transforms the offending piles into "protest messages" by adorning each one with a small flag bearing an ironic, eye-catching symbol. He then outlines the subject in chalk to resemble a homicide victim, and signs and dates the entire tableau-which he may also photograph if the mood takes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving Paris from the Dogs | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

...instead of facing a public dismissal, he decided to make a relatively graceful exit. And he can leave saying Sharon didn't give him the backing he needed, and the Labor party machine can chalk up a victory for smoke-filled-room politics for party hacks with very few expectations other than getting a big job. These are people Barak has largely cut out of his government - and this is their revenge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Barak Pulled Out of Israel Coalition | 2/21/2001 | See Source »

...place against which chalk is ground. A producer of dust...

Author: By Maryanthe E. Malliaris, | Title: Fragment 13 | 1/17/2001 | See Source »

...artifact whose interdisciplinary presence is rivaled only by the desk and the pencil. Greek classes, French classes, math classes and Core classes all revolve around its inimitable black surface. Professors and TFs--who do not speak the same language--will, in their turn, pick up a piece of chalk and begin to write...

Author: By Maryanthe E. Malliaris, | Title: Fragment 13 | 1/17/2001 | See Source »

...chalkboard--reflect a changing emphasis on the surface and the tool of writing. From its size and placement, its inherent economy of scale, we intuit a notion of ideal class size: fifteen students can be taught as easily as one, but double or triple this and the precision of chalk-shapes becomes difficult to read...

Author: By Maryanthe E. Malliaris, | Title: Fragment 13 | 1/17/2001 | See Source »

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