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...violence, and black music become part of some whites' lifestyles. This is osmotic rather than overt, something in the mood and tempo of his work, and not in the presence of any black characters in his plays. Nor is it his only concern. Fast cars, mechanical gadgetry, chrome and plastic values festoon his works and form a symbolic veneer under which, he seems to be saying, older American ideals are shriveling...
...initial visual impression of the case brings in mind Indian River orange crates: the bright unstained wood is painfully stark against the somber interior of the church the separates encased divisions seem to fit together like toy blocks in sterile symmetry. The en Chamade ranks sparkle the new chrome...
...Mining and processing Soviet oil, chrome, copper, nickel, palladium and platinum, which U.S. auto manufacturers may need to make antipollution devices (see story on page 65). The Soviets would like U.S. firms to supply advanced mining equipment in return for longterm, fixed-price contracts to buy the processed minerals...
...claim. While Coxson was trying to appeal the case, the feds moved in and seized his white Lincoln Continental Mark IV and his custom-built black Cadillac limousine. Undaunted, Coxson went right out and bought another set of wheels: a $300 kelly green tandem bicycle with dual horns and chrome fenders...
...naturally brushes past the author's frequent avowals that as a young man he wrote very badly. But late in the book he quotes a description of the Great Smokies written in 1926, and sure enough it is just awful: "From their highest elevation bannered a stilly chrome wash of startled light...