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...until the survey moves from the drawingboard to implementation, a review of randomizationremains in limbo...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TOTALLY RANDOM | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

...loves. Let her do so." Yet for all his espousal of life, he remains apart--at an observer's distance from the world. The five women come and go, running away, falling in love, losing their virtue; but at the end Utamaro, his hands released, reaches for his drawingboard while his friends prepare to fete his new freedom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Painted Woman | 4/28/1972 | See Source »

...works up half a dozen crude, matchbook-sized "spots"-samples that vary widely in composition and approach. These spots play an important role in giving his idea different settings: "You've got to be suspicious if anything satisfies you right off." After a quick lunch, Mauldin grids his drawingboard work area into nine squares and begins drafting the cartoon, first in pencil and then in ink. A stickler for just the right detail, he frequently consults his favorite reference, the Sears, Roebuck catalogue, or poses before a Polaroid Land camera (with a self-tripping shutter) to get the authentic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Hit It If It's Big | 7/21/1961 | See Source »

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