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...Ballon," says The Dance Encyclopedia, is "the ability [of a dancer] to remain in the air for a length of time." To Nijinsky, that was a simple matter: "You have just to go up and pause there a little." But the Paris Opera Ballet's Choreographer Serge Lifar has a more modern solution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Ballet -for Helicopters | 6/26/1950 | See Source »

...were about to land a very hot jet job on a jeep carrier's flight deck, Lifar climbed up on a little box and stared hard at three helicopters parked near him. Then he stretched his arms straight out from his shoulders, and his study in ballon-with motorized ballerinas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Ballet -for Helicopters | 6/26/1950 | See Source »

Last November, with Army sponsorship, Dramamine got a full-scale trial on G.I.s bound for Germany on the U.S. Army transport General Ballon. The drug, said the doctors, was almost 98% successful both in preventing and curing seasickness. The crossing was "extremely rough." One group of G.I.s got one capsule (100 milligrams) as the ship left New York, another six hours later, and then one before each meal and at bedtime; only two complained of dizziness, none of nausea. After the drug was stopped, 30% of them got sick. As a check to see if mental suggestion might be working...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Steady, Mates | 2/28/1949 | See Source »

Sophomore riders copped the runner up spot by placing first in the remaining two activities. Gloria Rosenbaum '51 took the intermediate horsemanship, while in a "break-the-ballon" game, Charlottes Coe '51 kept the balloon tied to her waist and intact the longest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Cowgirls... | 12/4/1948 | See Source »

Wheaton girls taking parts are Elizabeth Magill as Cecily, Mary Hill as Gwendolyn, Lady Blacknell, and Dorothy Mountain as Miss Prism. Mrs. H.C. Ballon, formerly connected with the Wellesley "Barnswallows," will direct the production...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DRAMATIC CLUB TO FILL WHEATON'S MALE ROLES | 4/11/1936 | See Source »

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