Oscar Mayer tapped him to try to find some way to reposition bologna and other troubled meats that were declining in popularity and sales...when Drane began working on the project, his orders were to “figure out how to contemporize what we’ve got.”

He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it.

Besides, how can you talk about church politics? It would certainly be anti-Catholic and might easily become un-American.

The pay phone on the corner has been vandalized, and its metal cord hangs limply down, receiverless.