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...method of making pottery--the wheel method. The wheel method operates on much the same principle as a lathe. The medium (in this case clay) rotates so that all applied distortions become symmetrical and unified; abstraction becomes constricted. The other methods of pottery include slab construction, in which the potter joins planes of clay to make rectangular or free-form shapes, and coil construction, in which he carefully rolls cords of clay, and coils them on top of each other to build the shape. With one exception, both alternatives are absent from the show...
Jeff Kristeller is the only professional potter in the show. His work, thrown during his leave of absence from Harvard this past year and a half, shows the widest range in the group, and contains the sole constructed piece (a rectangular slab, darkly glazed). His techniques include glossy enamelware and spartan slip-decorated stoneware; gigantic perfectly thrown jugs and tiny one-flower vases. The diversity of his work verges on disunity, and as with Allon's work, one senses the exploratory exercises of the craftsman rather than the developed and selective expression of the artist...
Among the most ancient of mechanical devices, the flywheel works on a simple principle: a rapidly spinning weighted wheel serves as a highly useful reservoir of energy. It has been put to work in a wide variety of ways. As a potter's wheel, it smooths out motion between movements of the foot pedal. On the crankshaft of an auto engine, it prevents uneven rotation that would result from piston strokes. But it is only recently that engineers looking for less polluting means of transportation have begun to give serious thought to tapping the whirling flywheel's energy...
Since the U.S. Supreme Court in 1972 handed down its 5-to-4 ruling that the death penalty was cruel and unusual punishment ("In the same way that being struck by lightning is cruel and unusual," struck wrote by Justice Potter Stewart), 22 states have redrafted execution laws. It was only a matter of time before the Federal Government got around to a similar resuscitation. Last week the Senate passed, 54 to 33, a measure restoring the death penalty for certain federal crimes. If the bill passes in the House, which seems certain, capital punishment could be imposed for treason...
...enable administrators to plan for continuous instruction. Faced with similar suits by LaFleur, another Cleveland teacher and a teacher from Chesterfield County, Va., the court concluded that, while health and instructional continuity are valid goals, long leave requirements are unnecessarily rigid. They violate the due-process clause, said Justice Potter Stewart, because there is a constitutionally protected "freedom of personal choice in matters of marriage and family life." Therefore long mandatory leaves "unduly penalize a female teacher for deciding to bear a child." Justice William Rehnquist, joined by Chief Justice Warren Burger, dissented. They felt that the new precedent could...