Word: handiworks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...supermen and specialists which Mr. Hoover-and the U. S.-had hoped for last November. He had had a surplus of little pegs that would have fallen through the holes, whereas big pegs of individual shapes refused to fit in, even when pushed. But a survey of his handiwork at least brought the new President the consoling knowledge that it was composed chiefly of good obedient yes-pegs who would not hop out of their holes and make trouble...
Emmett Lawrence was always on call, a rare and curious technician. He went to perform his unadvertised handiwork in most of the large Eastern cities. Among his placements were the two lions which crouch before the entrance of the New York Public Library. During 30 years of work, he never broke or marred a statue...
...Pictorial Section every other week. He not only experiences the first glamor of newspaper work, when he learns the mechanical mysteries of how half-tones are made and how the presses rhythmically roll out their printed pages, but his vanity is tickled by the thrill of seeing his own handiwork impressed on thousands of papers. His photographer's pass permits him to brush elbows with his professional brethren of the "Fourth Estate" at intercollegiate baseball games and track meets...
...sets were designed with a beauty and feeling that belied the expedition of their handling. Between curtain calls after the last act, the garden of Portia's house at Belmont was changed to the tapestried hall of the same villa. The diction and the business are the characteristic handiwork of Winthrop Ames. Cavil at such a performance as this would not simply lack reason; it would...
...Senators, Mr. Hoover cannot play with this question in this fashion. . . . And you have no business, Mr. Hoover, to undertake to interfere with the handiwork of the Almighty...