Word: sanding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...caper movie to end them all. Unfortunately, it probably won't. William Goldman has transferred the patty-cake banter of his Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to contemporary New York City, where he unleashes a quartet of schlemiel heist men (Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand). Their task is to lift a gem called the Sahara stone and turn it over to the pompous African diplomat (Moses Gunn) who contracted for the job. They go to a lot of elaborate trouble to break into places. The gimmick is that the stone is never where...
...bring this off. When he is successful, the dialogue attains the bellylaugh level and is made all the more funny with the extra wallop of an unexpected rhyme. When he falls, the dialogue lapses into dry monotony which is about as pleasurable to the audience as chewing on sand...
...Blowing Sand. Phony objects "from Angkor" are not unknown on the international art market, where almost any piece of ancient Cambodian art is peddled under that label. Moreover, none of the defectors claimed that they actually saw the Communists carry off Angkor's treasures. But experts familiar with the art of Angkor have seen apparently authentic pieces on sale in Bangkok. Recently, in the back room of a reputable Bangkok art store, the curator of Cambodia's National Museum was shown an exquisite, small Bakheng statue from the Angkor complex. Price...
Whatever the facts, Angkor itself is the almost certain loser. "If the repairs are not completed immediately," a member of the restoration team told TIME'S David DeVoss, "all our efforts will be wasted. Most of the walls are supported only by wooden beams and sand. When the sand blows away and the rain rots the timber, Angkor Wat will be only a memory...
William Blake saw the world's wonders in a grain of sand. Victor Papanek sees its iniquities in a chrome-plated marmalade guard for toast. Dean of the design school at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, Papanek argues his view in a controversial new book, Design for the Real World (Pantheon; $8.95), which blames industrial designers for almost every variety of pollution and waste...