Word: handiwork
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...reader to draw his own conclusions - Connell has made his first steps in the direction of the goal set by that master of the short story, James Joyce, who argued that "the artist, like the God of creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, paring his fingernails...
...gets around. It was doubly condescending in assuming that 1) viewers must be approached at the grade-school level to woo their interest in science, and 2) the circulatory system is so intrinsically dull that it takes the act of Capra to improve on the Lord's handiwork...
...painters, too, have found in the richness of man's harvesting and handiwork a theme worth celebrating Raphaelle, Me (1774-1825), eldest son of Patriot-Painter Charles Wilson Peale (TIME, July 4, 1955), borrowed the glowing technique developed by the Dutch masters. His ready-for-eating apple, raisins and sugar-coated cake, by their closely observed rendering bring a glow of appreciation and recognition. Maine's late great eccentric, Marsden Hartley (1878-1943), with Flowers from Claire Spencer's Garden in a white crockery pitcher testified to his love for Maine more intimately and no less glowingly...
...been unpopular with the nation's Demo-Christian rulers. Reason: the court would obviously scrap many of Italy's 708 "public security" laws, which the government regards as its chief bulwark against the internal Communist threat but which are for the most part Mussolini's handiwork. Many of the laws clearly violate the civil liberties guaranteed by the 1948 constitution...
...Dmitry Shepilov came to Cairo as editor of Pravda; a few months later came Nasser's arms deal with the Communists, which set Nasser up in business as a man no longer dependent on the West alone. Now, as Foreign Minister, Shepilov was, back to inspect his handiwork. This time he also came bearing gifts, or the offer of gifts. Shepilov hoped to wean Nasser from his bargain with U.S., Britain and the World Bank to finance the High Dam at Aswan...