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Baker also has to herd the brood into shelter for the night; although chickens naturally seek the safety of the pen, turkeys demand extra guidance...

Author: By Elizabeth J. Riemer, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: BEHIND THE SCENES OF THANKSGIVING | 11/30/1992 | See Source »

Still, it might not have been the Year of the Woman if it wasn't also the Year of the Vanishing Man. After a series of scandals left Congress looking like a holding pen for unindicted criminals, the men began to flee as fast as they could get their resumes updated: 53 Representatives retired or just declined to run again. Others, like New York's Stephen Solarz, found the ground shifting beneath their feet as redistricting removed their old constituencies. One way or another, an empty space opened up, and that great sucking sound, as Ross Perot might have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Do Women Have to Celebrate? | 11/16/1992 | See Source »

...exhibit showcases different subjects, including landscapes, portraits of peasants and nature studies. Common to most of the pieces are sharp pen and ink lines and warm, subtle washes of color. One example of a landscape work is "A Dilapidated Farmhouse" by Abraham Bloemaert. The small ink lines are used sparingly, yet convey great detail--a few quick lines on a wall suggest hundreds of bricks. The warm color is built up with washes of brown and gray with pink highlights. Like the other pieces in the show, this work shows an intimate scene that gives the viewer a glimpse...

Author: By Tara B. Reddy, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Fogg Spotlights Elegant Dutch Drawings | 10/29/1992 | See Source »

...Spirit Committee, formed last year by Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III, has created a subcommittee to pen a song with a more innovative style and rhythmic beat to match the musical tastes of the '90s sports...

Author: By Virginia A. Triant, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Committee May Pen New Fight Song | 10/23/1992 | See Source »

WHEN TYLER JOHNSON'S MOTHER wakes up one morning to find the word divorce printed on her forehead in black felt pen, the reader can't help tingling with anticipation that more fun awaits. And for a while Douglas Coupland delivers, drawing delectable characters such as narrator Tyler with his Smithsonian- class collection of shampoos; his sister Daisy, a neohippie in blond dreadlocks; and his mother Jasmine, a twice-divorced hippie with the felt- penned forehead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Stories Left Untold | 10/19/1992 | See Source »

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