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...addition to 800 prisoners now housed in the large wood-and-canvas tents, 350 are doubled up in 11-ft. by 4½-ft. cells designed for one person. The prison, which has a rated capacity of 2,700, is so overcrowded that Warden Reginald Pulley has confined many of its 3,900 prisoners to their cells, allowing them to emerge only for meals and showers. What's more, their work and education programs have been suspended. Says Pulley of his institution: "It's a monster to run. It's a time bomb...
...More money." he said. "I'll even be on TV. I'll have my own show on Sundays. And I'll get written up in the press all the time. By real reporters. Hey' Why am I yelling at wood, here...
...industry is still shaking off the recession and is hardly prepared for a new shock. In the Northwest, the number of sawmills has declined by about 13% since 1979, and their work force has dropped by 20%, to 96,000. Says H.A. Roberts, executive vice president of the Western Wood Products Association: "We're more efficient these days, and sales volume is relatively good. But we're not nearly as healthy...
...great 4th century B.C. Chinese strategist whose prize pupil turned out to be Mao Tse-tung. The Greeks understood that principle when they set sail from Troy, leaving behind only a large wooden horse. Macduff knew it when he disguised his soldiers with branches from Birnam Wood as they marched against Macbeth. In World War II, the Allies created a phantom First U.S. Army Group, outfitted with rubber tanks and canvas landing barges (courtesy of the Shepperton movie studios). Its swirl of fake radio messages about an impending invasion at Calais helped keep the entire German 15th Army pinned down...
...your article on the modern design show in Philadelphia [Oct. 24]: Americans do not reject the "form" of modern design. It is the materials that they resist. People want objects that reflect warmth, texture and the patina that develops with use. These qualities are found in wood, not chrome, glass and polyvinyl. As a cabinetmaker, I believe that it is not ornament that is demanded, but natural materials and some evidence that a human hand has touched the piece...