"I don't remember where any of the coffeepots or anything was," she said.
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In the first episode of "Servant of the People," Ukraine's smash-hit political satire, a schoolteacher in Kiev rushes around his crowded, messy apartment, desperate to make it to work on time, juggling irons and coffeepots.
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For all the ducks and coffeepots Mr. Margolies photographed in the 20th century, he found — perhaps guided by the watchword "know your enemy" — that he could not refrain from documenting what had supplanted them in the 21st.
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Mr. Margolies, who died on May 26, at 76, was considered the country's foremost photographer of vernacular architecture — the coffee shops shaped like coffeepots; the gas station shaped like a teapot (the Teapot Dome Service Station in Zillah, Wash.); and the motels shaped like all manner of things, from wigwams to zeppelins to railroad cars — that once stood as proud totems along America's blue highways.
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Klaas Gubbels Klaas Gubbels (born 1934) is a Dutch painter and sculptor with a special love of coffeepots.
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Many didn't know what I meant, > but they all saw the others picking up chairs and tables. Everybody picked > something up and followed me down the street. We took everything, paintings, > tables, chairs, coffeepots—everything. Well, they moved me in one hour.
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Today Tanacross people see dentalium shells not only as symbols of prestige but also as expressions of affection. While rifles, blankets and beaded items are traditional potlatch gifts, they are not the only ones. Other gifts might include furs, afghans, quilts, moose hide jackets, calico, snowshoes, gloves, hats, coffeepots, enameled plates, snow shovels, suitcases, frying pans and many others both practical and symbolic.Claire Fejes, Villagers: Athabaskan Indian Life Along the Yukon River, Random House, 1981, Dentalium shells and moose hide jackets are often worn by the host while distributing gifts.
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Archaeological excavations at the Fenton Vivian site conducted by Arnold Mountford on behalf of Stoke City Museum between 1968 and 1970Mountford, 164–82 found evidence of salt-glazed stoneware, tortoiseshell ware, agateware, red stoneware, glazed red earthenware, blackware and a small amount of plain creamware, all dating from the time of Whieldon's partnership with Wedgwood. There were also a few fragments of painted creamware, depicting Chinese-inspired figures and flowers, of a type rarely associated with Whieldon.Halfpenny, 245–246 Whieldon kept an Account and Memorandum BookKept in the City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent. Unpublished. and his records for 1749–53 show a wide range of pottery goods produced, including coffeepots, teapots, punch pots, bowls, ewers, sugar dishes, plates, tureens and ‘toys’ or trinkets.
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In the port city, with its many different influences and cultures, Dove experienced his most interesting adventures. He worked as a painter on a steamship (but did not paint anything), fooled a prostitute who was trying to rob him, sold coffeepots and "beauty certificates" (which supposedly entitled the bearer to a treatment at a beauty shop) while seducing the women to whom he was selling, and, in his most memorable escapade, worked in a condom factory. The condoms, which were called O-Daddies and bore interesting names and colors, were made in a house by a mom-and-pop firm, Velma and Rhino Gross. Dove's lengthiest stay was with the people who inhabited the twin worlds of Oliver Finnerty's brothel and Doc Dockery's speakeasy.
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Cutey's powers derive from her amulet, a gift from Ra, the ancient Egyptian god of the sun. (Ra is an occasional guest-star in the comic; much is made about his befuddlement with modern-day technology, such as toasters and electric coffeepots.) The amulet allows Kelly to change instantly into any one of six different costumes, and gain the powers associated with each; for example, as "Rocket Bunny", she can fly with the aid of rocket-powered boots, and as "Samurai Bunny", she wears chainmail armor and can wield a katana to deadly effect. In the 5th and last issue of Army Surpluz, the amulet interacted with other forces (such as Wunner Bunny's magic lasso) to transform Cutey into Dark Cutey (one of many parodies of Marvel's Dark Phoenix) who promptly tempts her teammates with the merchandising potential of being "dark" like her.
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