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Sorel, now 39, is a Cooper Union alumnus who got out of school searching more for money than for meaning. This was so, he recalls, because he had been raised on "the cotton candy of the Eisenhower years." His attitude toward art was "What's in it for me, Jack?" The result was a stream of corporate and airline advertisements that continued even after Sorel became a freelancing satirist...
...artistic language, through the push and pull of the images and the very strokes of the brush, to express emotions that could not be put into words. But, as Kline found himself becoming a success, the task became more difficult. He could now afford linen, instead of cotton, canvas and real artist's pigments, but these, he found, produced a slickness that belied his deliberate crudeness. His compositions became larger and more complex. Unfortunately, they often ended up murky and inconclusive...
...Murray is a penniless former slave owner and Otis Young is a quick-witted former slave. No Uncle Tom, Young can barely stand the sight of his erstwhile oppressor. Since straight-shooting hands are hard to find, he takes Murray on as a temporary sidekick. Whitey does not cotton to the setup either, and the two bristle at each other even as they foil a gold heist. A mutually respectful, but hostile, black-white relationship is a departure for TV "realism." Whether it can be made as durable as the warm, three-year-long buddyship...
...than Mr. Miller (about $12 a week), but not many families have 23 people to support. Miller himself didn't use to be in such bad condition--it wasn't until 1963 that he started losing children from cold and hunger. Before 1963, the family planted 25 acres of cotton and had enough money to have regular meals and to clothe the children for school...
...state Cotton Office cut off Miller's cotton allotment. Cotton is one of the nation's surplus crops, and each farmer can plant only as many acres as the Cotton Office allows him. Unfortunately, the Cotton Office is run by white Alabamians, and that often means there is discrimination. Miller's allotment went to a white planter in the country--a man who already had more than 300 acres allotted--and Miller's appeal to the Cotton Office brought no results...