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...memory: "Robert Hughes is really the champion of Modernism. Here he is in a cube. It's perfect." Nor was it much of a leap from his court-jestering with the Histrionics. Smashed Nissan or song by the Knack-Kesminas sees both as found objects for him to "sculpt." He's now composing a ditty to the tune of Led Zeppelin's Rock and Roll, though he keeps getting stuck on the lyric, "I spent my whole life being pigeon-holed." He needn't worry. He is too clever a cultural contortionist for that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exploding with Laughter | 5/1/2007 | See Source »

...benefactor is Peg Boggs, sweet-souled and steel-willed, who somehow convinces her family to accept and house this odd fellow with digital utensils. Peg's neighbors, naturally skeptical of having a monster next door, soon realize that Edward's handicap is also an asset: his scissorhands can sculpt trees into topiary, reshape poodles into dog-show winners and fashion chic hairdos for the ladies. One woman in particular, the vampish Joyce, gets kinda kinky over this man in black with the super-long fingernails, and has a vigorous erotic go at Edward. But his devotion is focused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Edward Scissordance | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

...your life rather than just occupy it with all the things you've got to do. Allen himself, despite running a $5.5 million consulting practice, traveling 200 days a year and juggling a business that's growing 40% every year, finds time to joyride in his Mini Cooper and sculpt bonsai plants. Oh, and he has earned his black belt in karate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Oracle of Organization | 3/3/2007 | See Source »

...white floor; one called “Meeting,” in which ten blue chairs are arranged in a circle; and one called “Council,” in which eight rows of chairs face a table with six chairs around it. He decided not to sculpt people in these little rooms because he says he wanted each viewer to identify with them personally. “I would like to be familiar,” he says. “It could be an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, it could be a group of teachers discussing curricular...

Author: By Alexandra N. Atiya, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: It's An Incredibly Small World, After All | 3/16/2006 | See Source »

Remember, the health of our bones reflects the dynamic interaction of opposing forces. Our bodies contain cells that create bone and others that destroy it. That dynamism enables us to sculpt and reshape the skeleton to respond to changing physical needs. If you are predisposed to osteoporosis, taking preventive action can help ensure that the bone-building forces prevail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Bones of Contention | 3/13/2006 | See Source »

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