Word: ashley
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Ballerina Merrill Ashley has considerably more than a character to offer in her painstaking book. Today she is one of the glories of the New York City Ballet, a sunny allegro virtuoso. In his introduction, British Critic Clement Crisp likens her style to bravura pianism or flawless coloratura. As Ashley documents it, however, her career was not a prestissimo ascent. It took a decade of intense, disciplined practice to perfect her astounding technique and years onstage to learn how to present herself effectively. In the early pages, the author-dancer shows just how lost a youngster can be, even...
Adopted Son Michael, 38, a Los Angeles businessman, supports Reagan but says he will not join him on the hustings. In a peevish interview last summer, Michael complained that Reagan had never even laid eyes on his youngest grandchild, Ashley Marie, now almost a year old. Michael subsequently explained that he had spoken out of "jealousy...
...Ashley Bailey, whose fight against liver disease ended in death. This little girl's struggle, heightened by President Reagan's plea for a donated liver, has brought hope to other children whose survival depends on transplanted organs...
BORN. To Phyllis George Brown, 34, Miss America of 1971 and NFL Today host, and John Y. Brown Jr., 49, Governor (until next week) of Kentucky: their second child, a daughter; in Lexington. Name: Pamela Ashley. Weight: 7 Ibs. 10½ oz. Asked Older Brother Lincoln, 3½: "How long does she stay before she goes back...
...only loss for Harvard came when Bowdoin's Mary Doddery dispatched Ashley Thompson in three straight sets in the number six slot...