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Justin perches serenely on a swivel-top stool, a wooly red scarf wrapped around his face. He lists his interests as "playing, rolling cars, and this"--he brandishes a crumpled package od Starburst candies...

Author: By Maya E. Fischhoff, | Title: Eating Hot Dogs at the Midnight Hour | 3/12/1990 | See Source »

...Language is the base of society. The alphabet is the base of language," one actor says. The theme of what language is and what role it plays in communication, in society, is vaguely developed in the show. At one point, one of the actors climbs a stool and spraypaints dots, not letters, onto a slideshow image of a crossword puzzle...

Author: By Caroline S. Chaffin, | Title: Relying on Imagery, Teaching Patience: Straightlines Opens Experimental Theater Season | 3/2/1990 | See Source »

...time is the late 1940s, the place Montgomery. James Earl Jones, portraying civil rights pioneer Vernon Johns, walks into an all-white diner, plops himself onto a stool and orders lunch. When the proprietor scornfully pours a Coke all over the counter, Jones erupts. "There's something inside of me," he growls, grabbing the man by the lapels, "that doesn't like to be pushed around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: TV News Goes Hollywood | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

Only in terms of the voting booth and the lunch-counter stool is there much truth to support this common white view. As A Common Destiny makes clear, "a considerable amount of remaining black-white inequality is due to continuing discriminatory treatment of blacks. The clearest evidence is in housing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unfinished Business | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

...time value." His business approach is equally straightforward. "I wanted," he says, "to make furniture out of real wood without it costing that much more than you would pay in a good store." He sells only directly to customers. Prices for stock items range from $155 for a plank stool to $4,000 for a wall case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Something Of a Druid | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

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