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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...comes back daubed wet with red clay...

Author: By Virginia S.K. Loo, | Title: Edmunds Treads Tired Road to Taos | 2/2/1995 | See Source »

...heart is sent back after one such mission stained with red clay and cracked from the harsh sun. In Edmunds' voice of lament, he wishes he were green. He desires a different more alive form, to be "green rain on grass. "It may not be easy to being green, but it's better than being red in Edmunds's desert...

Author: By Virginia S.K. Loo, | Title: Edmunds Treads Tired Road to Taos | 2/2/1995 | See Source »

...pristine condition, apparently undisturbed for up to 20,000 years, as was other evidence of the ancient artists' presence: flint knives, mounds of clay used for making paint, and charred fire pits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WINDOW ON THE STONE AGE | 1/30/1995 | See Source »

What about giving me your tired, your poor? "The inscription at the base of the Statue of Liberty was written before welfare," says Florida Representative Clay Shaw, incoming chairman of the House Ways and Means subcommittee on human resources and the man who will have a great deal of say over welfare reform. "People came to this country to work. Now the question becomes, Are these handouts a magnet that is bringing people into this country? To some degree, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down on the Downtrodden | 12/19/1994 | See Source »

...even before that, we believe in them. Their energy is a curious mixture of childlike hyperactivity and a more adult sexual tension. They may begin a game of chasing each other through the forest and end lying in the grass, embracing each other in their knickers. Similarly, their beloved clay figurines, characters in Juliet's novel-in-progress about a royal family, have love affairs and illegitimate children...

Author: By Natasha Wimmer, | Title: Heavenly Surprises in Murdering Mom | 12/8/1994 | See Source »

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