Word: plasterers
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...here, Hotch. I go on television all the time to hustle my films. TV gets me and my time for free, and the film gets exposure for free--mutual and circular exploitation, so to speak. Now then, if we were to go the lowest of the low road and plaster my face on a bottle of oil and vinegar dressing just to line our pockets, it would stink. But to go the low road to get to the high road--for charity, for the common good--now there's an idea worth the hustle, a reciprocal trade agreement." Then...
...story of a little museum that could—an institution that survived two World Wars, the Holocaust, the Cold War and widespread antagonism to a museum dedicated to Germany. More than 100 years ago, tucked away in the vacant Rogers Gymnasium, Harvard Faculty members assembled a hodgepodge of plaster replicas and photographs. The collection, known then as the Germanic Museum, consisted only of Germanic architectural and sculptural monuments, generous gifts from Emperor William II of Germany...
Generous funding from St. Louis’s Busch and Reisinger brewing families allowed the construction of Adolphus Busch Hall, now the University’s Minda de Gunzberg Center for European Studies. Adorned with gargoyles and mask-like water spouts, the building was specially designed to house the plaster cast replicas of German monuments. The collections’ original purpose was to give Harvard students studying German culture a chance to visit the monuments of the country. Art was not observed, but experienced through photographs and full-scale reproductions...
...find myself in love with my new musical home. The week of our first concert, I happily braved early hour masking tape duty to plaster the Yard with posters. The day of the performance, I tabled outside the Science Center for a cold and windy hour at 9 a.m. I wear the sweatshirt and do these things out of a desire to see the orchestra succeed. But I can’t help think that throwing myself into things like this might be a defense mechanism against feeling removed from the group—both because I am a percussionist...
Less than a week after having the cast on his right arm removed, Harvard’s junior quarterback found his throwing hand back in plaster after re-aggravating his broken hand in Saturday’s 30-16 loss to Dartmouth...