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...house, the ghost train, the penny arcade -these small environments of illusion whose hold on the imagination, over the past 25 years, has been so drastically loosened by the encompassing phantoms of TV and movies. Westermann can imbue a model of a building, a little ship's hull or a box with extreme suspense: one peers through the glass at a scene that resembles the inverted world of the fun fair, but concentrated (and made epigrammatic) by its littleness. The box serves him as it served Joseph Cornell: as a diminutive theater in which anything can happen, whose proscenium...
...trying to kill their momentum. Spotting the rock, they managed to go wide, but then their bow strayed and they were trapped in the eddy. Instantly, they pivoted broadside and swamped. On the shore, the crowd came to life, cheering them good-naturedly and whistling. Clinging to the capsized hull, the men were swept past the last four gates and across the finish line...
...enough to suffer only minimal damage, or at least were able to return quickly to their homes, are facing the challenge of reconstruction with a modicum of optimism and determination. Those who lost their entire homes or suffered enough damage to have been relocated in a motel outside of Hull, are usually more depressed and uncertain about their future. Some have lost all hope...
...most important of all, the government has sent experts and money to make reconstruction a possibility. The townsfolk grew up believing in the benificence of the federal government and the sanctity of the New Deal: they moved from Boston's decaying white ethnic neighborhoods to Hull with the aid of the G.I. Bill. Once again, they consider themselves entitled to aid to preserve their meager economic standing. Homeowners, 90 per cent of whom lacked flood insurance, will be paying up to $1200 annually for the next two or three decades for the government's low interest loans...
...private relief, if you're smart, you can make money on this deal." Yet, since the initial shock of the destruction has taken hold, people have been left sorting through their damaged furniture and the ruined momentos of their lives. For the immediate future, at least, the residents of Hull have resigned themselves to a bleaker life, for a return to normalcy--let alone advancement--has washed away with the mud and salt water...