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...Graves also uses fired-enamel colors on some pieces. Accident contributes its share here: because the thickness of the bronze casting varies in an unpredictable way, and hence the heat of the metal and the rate of fusion of the enamel vary as well, the enamel colors run and waver into one another like wet watercolor, somewhat blurring the identity of the object they cover. This makes the enamel pieces slightly more abstract, fractionally less decipherable, than the patinated ones. Graves, whose SoHo studio contains one of the most formidable collections of Triffid-like indoor plants in Manhattan, recalls that...
...Meyrands compartment, has been mistaken for Patricia. The old M Meyrand, obviously wealthy, infinitely benevolent, and accompanied by Pierre, a handsome, younger son, shows up to invite the new Patricia--Helene to join the family at its Chateau. At first adamant about recovering her identity. Helene begins to waver: there is, after all, nowhere else for her to go--the scheme is desperate, but so is she. Bizarrely enough, the in-laws had not even seen a wedding picture of the couple...
Hollings, 61, gets off barbed one-liners (sample: Glenn "is trying to win by waving, but if the American people want a hand-waver, Reagan will win") and has a reputation in Washington as an intelligent and effective Senator; the rest of the nation seems unaware of it. Colorado Senator Gary Hart, 45, discusses issues thoughtfully but is short of money and has a weak organization; worse, he strikes some voters as arrogant. Former Florida Governor Reubin Askew, 55, might win the March 13 primary in his delegate-rich home state; he complains bitterly that he cannot get the press...
...inaugural run came close to being indefinitely delayed. A week before the scheduled change-over, the state revoked a 1978 waver which would have allowed the new station to open before making it accessible to the handicapped. After two hectic days of negotiations, the MBTA worked out a compromise: the Authority now offers a shuttle bus service. Officials estimate about two people a day will...
...result unleashed another celebration, this one of even greater and more unbelievable dimensions. The nation once again took to the streets. The partying didn't subside--or even waver--throughout the night. Italians everywhere launched a frenzied celebration as if there were no tomorrow...