Word: crafting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...after years on cable and syndication) was something of a milestone in TV's awards-show mania. Little more than a decade ago, the big four--the Oscars, Tonys, Emmys and Grammys--pretty much had the field to themselves. Now it seems as though every Hollywood interest group, craft union and country-music association has its own awards--and a TV special to trumpet them. More than 30 awards shows will be seen on national TV this year, and the high season is just beginning: 10 of them will be crowded into the eight weeks between now and the Academy...
...RECENT YEARS THE FANfare that precedes a Paris couture season has consisted mainly of statements from fashion eminences dourly predicting the early demise of the wildly expensive handmade-to-order business. Why then were the spring openings so vibrant, so full of beauty, craft and rich detail? At Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld outdid himself with a masterly display of chic invention and exquisite attention to fit; the pick of the supermodel pack were on hand, and they never looked prettier. At Dior, Gianfranco Ferre chose a theme of flowers--surely an invitation to cliche--and turned out a collection with lightness...
Perhaps the grandiosity of this "social vision" indicates that we should give more respect to those who attempted to craft one in the past. I find examples in people like John Dewey, with his great veneration of democracy; or Herbert Marcuse, who spotted the debilitating effects of untrammeled capitalism all around him; and presently Jurgen Habermas, who sees in unlimited corporate expansion a new colonization of our minds and lifestyles potentially as insidious and oppressive as colonial regimes of old. Any of these theorists could profitably be studied by those seeking to "place" their work in a larger social context...
News of the new planets, Lemonick reports, follows grand picture shows by NASA that have also awed the astronomical world gathered in San Antonio. On Monday the space agency unvieled images from the Hubbell space craft showing galaxies never seen before. And on Tueday NASA released pictures showing the death throws of stars. "We've known for a long time how stellar objects burn up and that it's a fate our own sun will one day endure," says Lemonick. "But we've never had such incredible pictures showing the process in such detail." Said astronomer Howard Bond...
...foresee a new policy angle in the President's prowess. Buying the President boxing gloves is certainly cheaper than an air-craft carrier. Perhaps "big stick" diplomacy can give way to "Big Bubba" diplomacy. After all, the President's girth is surely one of his virtues. I would put our champion against any of those other so-called world leaders. The war in Bosnia, the Japanese trade deficit and China's human rights violations could all be settled in a way appropriate for gentlemen. I'm betting on Bubba...