Word: crafted
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...journalistic domain of the critic is usually thought to be sharply defined. Its boundaries enclose columns of distinctly personal journalism-a book reviewer's appraisal of a new novel or a theater critic's assessment of a new play. But as journalism becomes more and more a craft of analysis and judgment, the distinction between critic and general writer or reporter fades. In this connection, we like to recall a dictum by TIME'S Cinema Critic Stefan Kanfer, who remarked somewhat sweepingly: "All our departments must be critical departments...
...incandescence. An intricate system of pumps and pipelines circulates fuel near enough to the skin to absorb heat and carry it to cooler parts of the plane where it is radiated away. Even so, if the space-suited two-man crew cannot take time to cool off the craft thoroughly before it descends, the SR-71 remains too hot to touch for an hour after landing...
...college will accept any Navaho over 18 who applies-even adults who have never spent a day in school. Besides the familiar list of studies, the curriculum includes Navaho language and culture and a variety of vocational and craft courses. Roessel is confident the training will create a labor force that will attract industry to the area, cut the 70% unemployment rate and increase the $680 average yearly family income of reservation Navahos...
None of the religious baubles designed to be worn are signed. Jewelry has always been regarded as craft rather than art. Even countries of origin are sometimes difficult to tell. From the mid-16th century onward, pattern books were published showing the latest styles in jewelry, and workshops serving kings and dukes in every country copied one another. In addition, rival princelings lured master craftsmen from each other's shops. It is often easy to see why. The Italian craftsman who intaglio-cut the crucified Christ in rock crystal on one classically simple 16th century pectoral cross incised each...
...during its reentry, Astronauts McDivitt and Schweickart were ordered to leave a Hasselblad, a Maurer and their $453,000 TV camera behind in Spider, which is still in space. The cameras will last as long as Spider continues in orbit. But about 19 years from now, as the strange craft re-enters the atmosphere, the cameras, along with Spider, will be burned to a crisp...