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...When its utilitarian function reaches optimum refinement," art critic and historian Sir Herbert Read said last night. "Then its form begins to react to spiritual needs...
...began to react to spiritual rather than utilitarian needs as his consciousness of form evolved. Sir Herbert maintained "There is an independent will to form when the object has attained maximum efficiency and is stabilized." The forms then established by the artist may have universal significance...
...casual in his attitude toward Jacksonville's blooming racial conflict, his action infuriated the city's younger Negroes. Explained Ernest Lent, executive director of Jacksonville's Human Relations Council, later: "The leaders kept their anger under control, but the young people couldn't help but react. For a lot of them, of course, this was just an excuse to raise hell...
...made from, of all things, cows' blood. Developed by the research laboratories of meat-packing Armour & Co., the process uses proteins drawn from the blood to temporarily smooth and fill in furrows, much like a glossy, translucent mudpack. The lotions are invisible on the face, because they react to light the same way that human skin does...
...afternoon, blasting out of the blocks time after time, fighting to pare a tiny fraction of a second off the time it takes him to get in motion. "It's a matter of reflexes," says Hill. "It takes a runner 1/100th to one-tenth of a second to react to the starter's gun. The idea is to get Bob to react as instantly as possible." And one day Hayes will get a perfect start-the gun and the first driving step in the same tick of time. Both Hayes and Hill are certain of it. "When that...