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...rules, and the most binding of these was the integrity of the glaze: all color on a ceramic object had to come either from the clay itself or from the glazes that, through firing, were bonded to it. But this was California, the territory of outlaw artificial color, metal flake, Duco gloss, candy stripes, epoxy bases. Price didn't go for the mass and roughness of Voulkos' work; he wanted a more concise style of object, perverse in its craftsmanship and highly mannered...
Jerry Brown, the flamed-out former California Governor, derided by Democratic insiders as a flake, a fake, a maverick and a mountebank, regained political legitimacy last week by edging out Clinton 37% to 36% in the Connecticut primary. "It's a miracle," Brown proclaimed. "It's not about me. It's about the grass roots rising up against the bounced checks, the congressional pay raises, the corrupt status...
...also become a logistical horror show. Over the Christmas holidays, 7,000 people were stranded in cars and trains when avalanches blocked valley roads. A similar disaster struck last February, cutting off several resorts from the outside world for two days. Olympic organizers say they are prepared. "The first flake won't even have time to hit the asphalt," says Killy. "It will land on a snowplow." But a few minor accidents on the two-lane mountain roads that lead up to the ski runs, bobsled course and hockey rink could create gridlock in transporting the 2,300 athletes...
...Jerry Brown I saw at the Kennedy School last month was not the flake I had come to expect from press reports. The Jerry Brown I saw seemed witty, impassioned, spontaneous, casual, eloquent, inspiring, sarcastic, serious, rebellious, astute, and--above all-honest. What a refreshing change from the pre-packaged, poll-driven politicians we have come to expect and even admire...
...kind of language voters love to hear, but there's a comfortable buffer protecting Brown's rivals from his diatribe. Nicknamed "Governor Moonbeam" and labeled everything from futurist to flake, Brown has an image problem...