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A writer no matter what
The Boston Globe; 11/15/2009; 1170 words; ...writer and son of a scrap-metal dealer, went to a Hebrew...central pulse of his scrap-metal yard; the world beyond...unsentimental prose shows a bent toward starkness that...not. "Pig iron, scrap metal and cold roll steel were...sharp-edged. "To get by in my father's world...

It's a rags to rugs story of arts and craft; Exhibitionskill and traditions: The transformation of old clothes and rags into rugs, cushions even bags is a craft as old as the invention of textiles themselves. It's also a craft that's alive and well in the 21st century, as Hilarie Stelfox discovered.(News)
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England); 11/11/2009; 1302 words; ...re-sewn, before being consigned to the rag bag. To get them ready for rug making the clothes would be cut into...sharpened sticks, wooden clothes pegs, bone or horn, bent nails, metal keys or pokers. CAPTION(S): * COLOURFUL ARRAY...

The Best Live Rock Record Ever?
NPR All Things Considered; 11/10/2009; 698 words; ...Avenue in Minneapolis, I didn't really get it - at first. Then they played the song...something off "Meet the Beatles," only bent out of shape by punk metal noise and a much darker take on gender...small smile on Cobain's face when he gets tens of thousands of fans to yell, we...

IN PRAISE OF TRUE GREATNESS; Alastair Down talks to Richard Johnson as he closes on 2,000 winners and long overdue recognition: 'I've always felt the need to be seen to be trying harder than anyone else'.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England); 11/8/2009; 1671 words; ...s voice because he was hell bent on getting his point across. "We get on exceptionally well," he...no surprise that the older I get the more I realise just how lucky...the kitchen sink. But I do - metal ones and porcelain if necessary...

Burglars strike across the district; Crimewatch.(Features)
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England); 11/7/2009; 790 words; ...lock barrel on UPVC door snapped off to get in. Alarm activated but suspect escaped...Suspects broke into cellar by lifting a metal door but made off when the alarm was activated...Skelmanthorpe, Oct 24. Driver's door bent back. CONTACT: Dave Whitteron, Neighbourhood...