Word: craftsmen
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...Academy Awards in 1928 through the '70s, only two actors turned directors won even an Oscar nomination for directing: Orson Welles for Citizen Kane and Laurence Olivier for Hamlet. And they were so mammoth, so legendary, that few actors dared imitate them. The auteur corps was replenished by craftsmen who made their names as writers, cameramen and editors and by directors imported from the stage and TV, but not by actors...
...leaving the country. They're voting with their feet to escape Schröder, his taxes and the onerous labor laws that they say prevent them from competing in the world market. Take the luxury leather-goods industry. As recently as 1990, the sector employed 45,000 skilled craftsmen turning out hand-tooled bags and wallets. The industry now employs only 22,000 workers as companies have moved jobs to cheaper locations overseas. Joining the exodus is Goldpfeil, one of Germany's iconic leather-goods brands, which announced last week that it is laying off 70 of its 200 artisans...
...some it's a sad shift away from what has been a product made only by Old World artisans. Yet the changes are all but inevitable, as technology compensates for a dwindling supply of qualified craftsmen. "It's an inescapable truth that machines can ultimately step in and do most jobs as well as, if not better than, humans," says Hetherington. There's no denying that for utter precision and consistency, nothing beats a 125-ton computer-driven swaging machine hammering down on a barrel 1,600 times a minute. What is unknown is whether knowledgeable collectors--seeking uniqueness...
...don’t usually think of editors as artists. Technicians, yes; craftsmen, sure; but artists? That glorious epithet is reserved for creators and visionaries—not for the underlings who touch up their work...
...bleak November morning in 1993 the arch finally gave way, disappearing beneath the green waters below. "We all cried," says Cisic. Now he and fellow Mostar residents, with funding from the international community, have begun the task of bringing it back. Residents gathered last month to watch craftsmen shape the first stone. Cisic estimates reconstruction will require 18 months to complete. Other wounds will take longer to heal. Muslims and Croats still lead separate lives in Mostar, but the project does at least represent a small ray of hope. Emir Balic, 67, a diver who leapt more than...