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...written all over him. Especially his hands, which poke out of the shadows into harsh light. ?How interesting a pair of hands can be,? Marlow muses, as Cliff sits petrified. ?They can trick a melody out of a keyboard. They can mold beauty out of a piece of common clay... Yet the same pair of hands can do terrible evil. They can destroy, torture, even kill.? He glares at Cliff and takes off his scarf...
ALAEA SEA SALT, HAWAII Once used only in religious rituals, this salt, the pink color of which Captain James Cook hated, has clay impurities. It's a bit harsh and lingers on the tongue...
Both Porter and freshman Clay Johnson navigated their way to strong position at the regatta’s onset, placing second and third, respectively, in the race’s first stage. Though the pair took different routes to the finish, they wound up nearly in the same spot—first and third, separated by just eight points...
Long before grapes grew on Trellises in Napa and Sonoma, long before vineyards flourished in Bordeaux and Bourgogne, a sophisticated wine industry arose along the banks of the Nile. From tombs, temples and palaces that date as far back as 5,000 years ago, archaeologists have uncovered clay amphorae stamped with seals that name not only the contents (irp, or wine) but also the region in which the grapes were grown, the year in which the wine was produced, the owner of the estate and often some indication of quality, such as "good" and "very, very good...
...sympathize with Art Spiegelman and his desire not to be shelved next to Marvel's books, he is just wrong. Of course some Graphic Novels have a "seriousness of purpose," as he says, that superheroes or some manga don't have. Novels like "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" or "Fortress of Solitude" have a seriousness of purpose that the latest Clive Cussler or Robert Ludlum doesn't have. Still they are all novels. Spiegelman seems to be making the same mistake that people who won't consider comics and Graphic Novels seriously make (I realize he really knows...