Word: fastens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Modeled ten years ago by Sculptor Paul Wright, they had never before been publicly shown. Wright, who was only 23 when he made them, had found the statuettes a great relief from his regular museum job: modeling made-to-measure dummies for the preparators to fasten skins to. He had long since left the museum staff, was busy building a sculpture studio in Corales, N.Mex. when word came that his sideline creations were at last going on show. "Why," Wright crowed, "I'd almost forgotten the little critters existed...
...unfortunate name for a force in a fight where the enemy accused the U.S. of trying to fasten the imperialist yoke on Asia, but straight out of the Navy's alphabet. "Yoke" is Navy...
...chance to show off in his most colorful schnook form. Seating himself next to Actor Joseph Kearns, a serious-minded businessman trying to do some paper work, Young quickly drove Kearns to the verge of insanity through a combination of nervousness and nosiness. Told by the stewardess to fasten his belt, Young first fastened his own trousers belt, then got tangled with Kearns's safety belt. A few moments later, eavesdropping as Kearns sweated over his expense account, Young asked indignantly: "How could you spend $100 in Buffalo...