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...unlocks the battered turquoise door. The room is tired, cold and empty. No music, no prostitutes. No drugs, no egg rolls to go. Not even a cigarette butt. Just a junky room with some papier-mâché dragons. The desolate service bar looks like a seventh grade woodshop project. The stools are stacked upside down...

Author: By Jonathan S. Paul, | Title: THE HONG KONG AN ORAL HISTORY | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

...Make dad hang ornaments made in junior high woodshop class on the White House Christmas tree...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: Risky Business | 11/10/1992 | See Source »

...Brother Prog H A N D Krokodiloes AWOL Standard Deviants: Supervisor House Woodshop House football defensive coach...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Candidates for Class Marshals | 10/3/1983 | See Source »

...woodshop, the ex-President showed off his work with his own restrained style of joy. One piece was a coffee table that Carter had made out of some walnut he had got by trading a book with a neighbor; another was a bedside table made from a purplish slab of wood that came from the Congo. A huge hickory tree from the backyard had provided him with his own supply of local wood. He split the felled tree with a wedge, then used a heavy blade called a froe to cut them into the proper lengths for furniture. Pieces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jimmy Carter: This Is My Place | 5/24/1982 | See Source »

Carter the perfectionist is evident in the woodshop. He never uses nails or screws, but painstakingly cuts and notches the joints together. He prefers hand tools to electric for more quality. He has actually made several of his own tools; among them are a hollow auger and a bow saw, and they hang neatly on the wall. He began explaining how to cut chair rungs to size and showed a little exasperation when he thought his visitor's attention was wandering. Carter puts his name on all his pieces with a branding iron. And he pointed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jimmy Carter: This Is My Place | 5/24/1982 | See Source »

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