Word: workmen
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Along the way, the workmen of Gdansk sang the traditional Communist anthem, the Internationale. Soon the march was swelled by hundreds of housewives, students and other Gdansk citizens, equally incensed by the price increases. By the time the column reached party headquarters, it was 20,000 strong. It was also out of control. In vain, police pleaded with the demonstrators to halt. In reply, the crowd hurled homemade fire bombs at the headquarters building and the nearby Gdansk railroad station. When firemen arrived to douse the flames, they were beaten back. Police opened fire on the demonstrators-only to turn...
...leaves Currier House at 11:45 a. m., just lucky enough to pass by a row of workmen who have quit work for lunch. All six of them immediately stop eating to stare at her, whistle, and make obscene remarks under their breaths. Since she is a brunette, they have no way of greeting her. If her hair were blond or red, they could have screamed, "Hey, blondie" or "Hey, red," and razzed her just that much more...
...design it for us." The celebrated sculptor was delighted. "We will do Rio one better," he said, and charged no fee for his services. By May, Calder's sketch of a series of vivid geometrical shapes (including his initials) was translated into engineering drawings. Then one night recently, workmen set the design in black and white terrazzo...
Nicknamed "Snake," the sculpture looms massive and masculine, dwarfing everything in sight. Built in two pieces, it has a manhole on the top for workmen to descend inside for repairs and dismantling. Wandering around the piece, Tony recalled with paternal pride the day in 1962 when he completed the original 46-in. model. "As soon as I finished it, I realized the piece had a sense of movement, like a little dragon or a snake," he said. "Then I remembered John McNulty's short story Third Avenue Medicine, in which he describes how bartenders watch for a vein...
...precise feeling of the time of day and the weather in New England. An 1848 harbor scene, The Fort and Ten Pound Island, Gloucester, typifies Lane's airy style. The exactitude of his portrayal of the bustling seaport-the clutter of logs, cut boards and barrels surrounding workmen on the quays-is set off by a serene panorama of sailing vessels in the background...