Word: crafted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Deaver's President is every bit the benignly self-assured, uncurious fellow portrayed by many less friendly observers. Deaver notes approvingly that Reagan was so fascinated by the craft of his neurosurgeon father-in-law, Dr. Loyal Davis, that he "could diagnose a brain tumor just by hearing the symptoms on a soap opera." On a soap opera...
...invading Australian press lord, set out to buck the trend. He bought the liberal tabloid New York Post and turned it into a paper conservative and vindictive in its politics and sensational in its news coverage. Many of his fellow editors and publishers consider him an embarrassment to their craft and a barracuda as well; the lack of respect is mutual ("Most American papers," says Murdoch, "do a few outstanding things, then coast"). Suddenly, however, Murdoch's bold reinvention of cynical, rowdy journalism is in jeopardy...
...largest armed group of Miskito Indians resumed after a hiatus of almost three years. The Sandinistas authorized 14 radio and print organizations to begin or resume operations, and released U.S. Pilot James Denby, whose plane was shot down over Nicaragua two months ago. The Sandinistas downed another craft last weekend, this one a DC-6 contra-supply plane, which resulted in at least four deaths. The one captured crew member, Alejandro Sanchez, confirmed Nicaraguan charges that contra-supply operations continue to operate out of Honduras' Swan Island, in defiance of the peace pact. He claimed that the entire crew...
...Stankard is in his studio, twirling thin rods of colored glass over the gas- oxygen burner, similar to a large welding torch. The centuries-old process is lampworking, so named because the glass was once worked over an oil lamp. "Lampworking was trivialized as a street craft and dismissed as an art form," says Stankard. "I think I've brought it far enough along that in a hundred years people will say, 'Holy smoke, how did he do that?' " As if to puncture such pretensions, he grins and says, "Besides, I've brought up five kids on this...
...introduction to tap, however. It offers a true-life view of the period depicted in films like The Cotton Club, letting us savor the excitement while also exposing the effects of racism on the predominantly Black artists involved. We can appreciate the strong will and unshakeable devotion to craft, mixed with supressed anger and memories of injustice that made up the character of men like Leon Collins...