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...When we reached upperclass status, we could choose bells instead. Being on bells meant answering the switchboard, routing the calls to the hall telephones, and, best of all, announcing the arrival of a visitor...
...their place and assume their perspective? Does one sit in judgment, vigilance, serenity, longing? Does one sit in protest, as at a sit-in, against acts of terrorism and anarchy? Does one sit with America? And if one does not sit--and no one here, not a single visitor to the Oklahoma City National Memorial, makes a move to do so--then is it the chairs that do the sitting? Is theirs the seat of government, power? Are they "musical" chairs (the tall backs look like tuning forks)? Do they suggest that anyone could be in any chair...
...motherlode of Communist literature, neatly sorted on shelves into categories like international, environmental and even feminist theory greets the visitor. The walls of the store are adorned with portraits of Lenin, Marx, Mao and a few pictures of China’s 1949 revolution. Plus, if reading isn’t your thing, there are buttons and T-shirts...
...Seeing is believing" is one of Charles' favorite sayings, no doubt repeated when the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture recently paid Highgrove a visit. And it's a safe bet that the American visitor received an earful on Charles' other farming concern: genetically modified crops. Once again the Prince has shown himself to be ahead of the curve. Back in December 1995 he pronounced himself "profoundly apprehensive" about the brave new world of genetically modified organisms and complained of the "confidence bordering on arrogance" with which they are promoted. The Prince practices what he preaches, and a sign by the lane...
Gorey's best-selling books used rhyme, whimsy and a distinctive cross-hatched style to depict the macabre, from the 26 dying children (one for each letter of the alphabet) of The Gashlycrumb Tinies to the hook-nosed visitor of The Doubtful Guest, who never seems to leave...