Word: woods
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...orators, given to bursts of wild energy and extravagant gestures. But whereas the father was a radical who preached a sharing of the wealth and derided the Senate's old-boy clubbiness, the son was known to court Big Business and never felt so comfortable as in the clannish, wood-paneled environs of the Capitol...
...handsomely represented. The dark, roughtextured pottery of Karen Karnes is a reminder of why crafts appealed so deeply and directly in the antitech 1960s. An outsize salad bowl, meticulously turned from a single chunk of California black walnut by Bob Stocksdale, is notable for its revelation of the wood's grain. A fiddleback, hard-rock-maple- and-ebony rocking chair, a fortunate meeting of Copenhagen and Big Sur by California Master Craftsman Sam Maloof, invites the viewer to experience the best of contemporary artifacts while sitting down in comfort. Maloof, 70, bristles at new developments. Younger artisans, he said during...
...industry, for one, is clearly aiming at two markets: upscale (Saks Fifth Avenue) and downscale (K mart). Contends Barbara Ehrenreich, a fellow at the Washington- based Institute for Policy Studies: "Whether one looks at food, clothing or furnishings, two cultures are emerging: natural fiber vs. synthetic blends; hand-crafted wood cabinets vs. mass-produced maple; David's Cookies vs. Mister Donut." The result of such polarization of society, she warns, could be a warping of the country's identity...
...There was the crack of a single rifle shot fired from the wood and the bald man who was holding me took the bullet right through his face. It was a horrible sight. His head seemed to splash open and little soft bits of grey stuff flew out in all directions." Younger readers may be astonished that this graphic recollection comes from the author of durable children's books like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Admirers of Roald Dahl's "grownup" ^ stories (Kiss Kiss, Switch Bitch) should not be surprised. The passage, which appears in the second installment of Dahl...
Elsewhere, growing awareness of the AIDS crisis was reflected in a flurry of activity. In Los Angeles, junior high and high schools were conducting seminars and distributing pamphlets as part of Mayor Tom Bradley's October "AIDS Education Month." And in Princeton, N.J., the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced the donation of more than $17 million to eleven cities and counties around the country for the care of AIDS patients...