Word: crafting
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...which each draws up a list of 25 other potential Perot supporters, ensures that they are registered and monitors the level of their enthusiasm right up to Election Day. Although Perot has criticized both parties for kowtowing to special interests, his campaign has a "coalitions" section that will craft specific appeals to blacks, Hispanics and veterans. More than 100 Perot youth clubs have sprung up, and strategists want to attract a major portion of the 26.4 million Americans in the 18-to-24-year-old age group worried about finding their first jobs in the troubled economy...
Senior writer Martha Duffy has had her share of reluctant interview subjects. Saul Bellow was grouchy; Robert Penn Warren was shy. This week's Profile subject -- Irish President Mary Robinson -- was a different kind of challenge for Duffy, who usually writes about artists and their craft. "Robinson was | more guarded than, say, a fashion designer or a choreographer," says Duffy. "At times it was a little puzzling since she has a marvelous record of accomplishment...
...mood for a little shopping? Flanking Quincy Market are pricey gift and craft shops as well as such traditional mall favorites as Victoria's Secret, The Sharper Image, Banana Republic and The Gap. Don't forget to visit the seven-story Limited...
Revere is a family beach. Little kids inpolka-dotted swimsuits intently craft their sandcastle constructions while their parents watch.Across the street, though, Revere's "adult" sidesurfaces in a couple bars catering to the over-21crowd. A sign on the front of Sammy's Patio boastsSunday Night Karaoke, featuring Joey Scott...
...Wood had radical messages for his audience: about sexual tolerance (Glen or Glenda), nuclear madness (Plan 9), parental smugness (The Sinister Urge). He was as dedicated to filmmaking as Welles or Kurosawa. He just wasn't any good at it. Not by any standards: the old solemn ones of craft and glamour or the new giggly ones of condescension and camp...