Word: mediums
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from within a much larger community of folk artisans. The movement is thriving in spite of serious obstacles. Most artists lack patrons, lucrative markets and substantial schooling. With tools, paint and canvas in chronically short supply, Africans work with whatever materials are handy. Wood is thus the most popular medium. If stained glass is too costly, colored resin is applied to windowpanes. If sculptors lack marble, they mix cheap pebbles and concrete. If budgets keep church buildings modest, they are brightened with imaginative decorations and vibrant vestments...
Even so, Wasserstein's natural medium remains humor. As she explained in a painfully honest essay called "Funny Girl" in New York Woman magazine, "I don't think about being funny very much because it's how I get by. For me it's always been a way to be likable but removed." The result is that outsiders can misinterpret her manner and mistakenly belittle her talent. Playwright Terrence McNally complains that "what people often miss about Wendy is the thoughtful, passionate, mature womanly side of her. She is far more interesting as a mature artist than as this giggling...
...rice and potatoes, and other complex carbohydrates, including pasta, whole-grain breads and cereals, and legumes. These are generally low in fats and rich in vitamins, minerals and fiber. Five or six servings may seem a lot, but a single serving is just half a cup of vegetables, a medium-size piece of fruit or a slice of bread. Observes the University of Toronto's Dr. Anthony Miller, who helped draft the report: "If you eat a mixed salad and have fruit for dessert, your meal might contain three servings...
...first glance, it seems that many of the barbs that have been hurled at the medium are warranted. Serial callers espousing offbeat or racist theories can often get on the air before producers catch on to their voices and their schtick. Radio personalities like New York's Howard Stern do indeed thrive on verbal violence, personal attacks and explosive behavior...
...time when many Americans are frustrated and out of touch with the Washington elite--which many feel includes legislators and lobbyists, video news jockeys and journalists, talk radio has become the most vigorous medium for free speech, providing a podium and an audience to anyone who has a dime for a phone call. The nation needs muckrakers like Williams and his colleagues across the country to keep asking questions about where the country is headed and how it's getting there...