Word: crafting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...1950s, Warren, as part of a proposal todevelop an atomic-powered plane, considered anexperiment which would determine the radiationthreshold of humans. To develop the craft, heconsidered the possibility of using prisoners astest subjects. The Atomic Energy Commissionultimately denied the proposal on ethical grounds...
...such proposal--considered by the late Dr.Shields Warren, a Harvard pathology professor--wasto develop a nuclear-powered airplane. To developthe craft, scientists, including Warren, proposedtesting humans to determine their threshold forradiation exposure...
...most part, the amateurs are readily spotted, especially opposite the eminent Al Freeman Jr. (Malcolm X) as Scrooge. Freeman admits it "gives me pause" to have his craft, honed over decades, equated with a newfound hobby. He readily applauds one debut actor, however: Thomas Henry Brooks Jr., 66, who plays a handful of the 162 characters, most notably a pawnbroker with a steely manner and a Satchmo Armstrong voice. Says Brooks: "I strongly believed that an old man on crutches with no teeth wouldn't get cast. When they called me back, I thought it was just keeping up appearances...
...discussing his craft, Jones is particularly matter-of-fact. Though he thinks "Heaven and Earth" could be 15 minutes shorter, he is quick to state that it's really none of my goddamn business. That's not what I'm paid for." When asked how he prepared for his role, Jones says as if it were obvious, "As well as I could." Only after a long, uncomfortable pause does he add, "Read all the books. Talk to all the people. Think all the thoughts. Rerun the memories...
...probably break down soon anyway. Its blurred vision, caused by an improperly ground primary mirror that NASA failed to test thoroughly before launch, is the least of the Hubble trouble. The telescope's solar panels wobble badly when they're heated by the sun; if they snapped off, the craft would be virtually powerless. It is one gyroscope away from being rudderless. And its electronics have been acting up more than they should...