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...stable, down-to-earth, ordinary in a sense. I don't want them to be 'An Experience.' " But he is willing to play the game of associating them with experiences. The 6-ft. steel cube known as Die, he explains, can refer to a matrix or mold, but it is also an imperative. In fact, he built it after having been injured in an auto accident, partly to express his rage with the world...
...uses a Renaissance palette of seven oil colors over verdaccio, the greenish base that guarantees lifelike hues. He prefers ocher to the chemical yellows that the impressionists first popularized. Yet his art is as thoroughly contemporary as a giant vinyl hamburger, except that he practices easel painting where others mold plastics. In its carnival colorism it is also as Latin American as bananas and coffee beans (see color...
...rhetoric on the other side has the epic calm of sociological jargon. Partisans of compulsory national service look at their plan as a chance to sort, patch and mold human stock. Margaret Mead, the anthropologist, puts it this way: "Universal national service would make it possible to assay the defects and potentialities of every young American on the threshold of adulthood...
...great need for more men in elementary school teaching, but they see little hope of attracting more. The obstacle is a matter of confusion over the roles of the sexes. "We drive men out of elementary school teaching because we try to make them fit into a female mold," protests Supervisor Feeney. "We want them to have nice potted plants in their classrooms and murals on the wall-why is it so important to get men to behave like women...
...manuscripts have been put in deep freezes to stop mold from thriving; paintings on wood are being carefully kept wet so that the paint will not crack when the panels...