Word: crafting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Battle's handful of defenders agree she can be difficult but argue that her artistry makes her worth the trouble, and obliquely criticize the Met for not defusing the situation diplomatically. "Many great artists are difficult in their search for perfection in their craft," says Peter Gelb, president of Sony Classical Film and Video and Wilford's former deputy at Columbia Artists. Gelb has made nine TV programs with Battle. "The role of the Met is to support great talents. Nothing a producer does comes close to the challenge and difficulty great artists face when they go onstage...
...1940s and early `50s, Warren considered a proposal to develop an atomic-powered airplane. To model the craft, scientists, including Warren, proposed testing humans to determine their threshold for radiation exposure...
...personal note, I have come to realize that, whether on television or in print, many people regard their news as news, indiscernible in their forms or presentation styles. Good columns and features may stand out as testament to a writer's craft, but often the writer stands silently behind his or her game or featured athlete like the umpire hoping to be complemented with silence, his task performed with neither flair nor error...
...film's people are complex, attractive and familiar; they could be working at the next desk or sleeping on the next pillow. They can be loved and can betray almost simultaneously. Matt can be both timid ("I'm actually afraid of my own kid") and, when defending his craft against a studio creep, vindictive ("You know nothing but how to pose for this little picture of you that nobody is snapping"). The insecure mogul somehow appeals to the sensitive researcher ("I think it's so wonderful that you don't worry about even trying to act strong"). All are trying...
...There, under the name Leslie V. Milbury, Figley bought 55 lbs. of Power Prime dynamite. (Government officials later noted pointedly that explosives can be sold over the counter as easily as guns could before the Brady Bill.) Back in New York, the two used around 48 sticks' worth to craft last week's bombs, according to the federal complaint charging both men with transportation of explosives across state lines with intent to kill or maim, an offense punishable by death...