Word: woodwork
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...What I did discuss was what he was doing in terms of the counterinsurgency in El Salvador, something that is of fundamental policy interest to the U.S. There was no linkage to any operation, yet it keeps coming up. There are all kinds of weirdos coming out of the woodwork on this thing...
...cultural mark as well: it is considered to be New York's first major condominium museum. To inaugurate the new space, Museum Director Paul Smith has assembled "Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical," a wide-ranging exhibition of more than 300 pieces of ceramics, jewelry, textiles and woodwork by 286 contemporary American artisans. The show runs in New York through March 22; it will then travel to Denver, Laguna Beach, Calif., Phoenix, Milwaukee, Louisville and Richmond, Va. "Poetry of the Physical" glistens with a surprising uptown-chic patina. It is sure to shock viewers who think of crafts...
...upscale retailing. Built in 1895 as the home of a wealthy heiress, the five-story limestone structure had been divided into three separate shops until Lauren managed to get a 49-year lease that covered the entire edifice. Estimated annual rent: $1 million. Now fitted with hand- carved mahogany woodwork and custom-forged brass trim, and dappled with expansive Oriental rugs and sprays of orchids, the store evokes the imagined atmosphere of a London men's club or a distinguished Edwardian hotel. The display space is cluttered with props, including English saddles, bulbous trophies, top hats and a rack...
...sections of the ship, the Woods Hole scientists found a large debris field littered with artifacts: a copper kettle polished by sand particles in the deep-sea currents; three of the ship's safes; a porcelain doll's head; a patent-leather shoe. Most of the ship's woodwork had been devoured by marine creatures. Amid the debris were at least four of the Titanic's huge boilers; an unbroken porcelain coffee cup rested on one of them. Says Ballard: "It must have fluttered down like a leaf and settled on the boiler, which had come crashing down...
...entering the Titanic. It glided down the ship's grand staircase at the end of a 250-ft. tether through which it transmitted live images to the three scientists in Alvin's cramped cabin. There was nothing left of the staircase itself; like much of the Titanic's celebrated woodwork, it had long since been devoured by wood-boring organisms. On every deck, though, exquisite glass and crystal chandeliers had been miraculously spared in the ship's violent descent. No human remains were seen. Said Ballard: "You have to remember that anything that's organic was eaten...