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Every artist finds his scale?the size of gesture proper to the image and medium he uses. "The scale of the drawing," Steinberg points out, "is given to you by the instrument you use," and pen drawings, being governed by the radius of the hand, cannot be very large. "The nib has an elasticity meant for writing, and that is why I have always used pen and ink: it is a form of writing. But unlike writing, drawing makes up its own syntax as it goes along. The line can't be reasoned in the mind. It can only...
...increase for gas from wells drilled between one-and two-and-a-half miles from an existing well. But going on the assumption that gas producers will probably explore areas they have already leased, the House refused to give the higher rate to wells drilled within a one-mile radius of existing wells...
...been a six-month, 30,000-mile-long barnstorming-style campaign all around France. Arriving at 10:30 in the town of Neudorf, he started pumping hands right away and was soon off on a day-long dash that took him to 15 campaign events within a 50-mile radius. In Neudorf, he entered one of the Roman Catholic schools that the left proposes to nationalize-taking care to be photographed under a crucifix. At another town, Chirac nibbled on a piece of truffled sausage encased in piecrust, an Alsatian specialty, before warning his listeners that the left...
...article went on to explain that the U.S. Air Force base at North Truro--where local hangliders fly into airspace around the base--operated on a peak power output of ten megawatts of microwave radiation. The Air Force itself drew an official danger zone within an 800-ft. radius of the three radomes--units which emit microwave radiation for radar beams...
...Nippon Airways jumbo jet flying 23,000 ft. above the volcano with 317 passengers aboard had to turn back to Chitose Airport, 50 miles away. Two of its cockpit windows had been cracked by volcanic shrapnel. Though no casualties were reported on the ground, everything within a two-mile radius of Usu was covered with more than a foot of debris, and even Asahikawa, a city 100 miles away, was dusted with a fine coating of ash. Rice, maize and potato crops in the area were destroyed. Tourist hotels shut down as residents of the island began digging out. Before...