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...House recently observed. "Rolled edges, of course, are the only acceptable kind." This sentiment is echoed at hundreds of American colleges. Concern for such details is not, in fact, above young people on campuses today. Sometimes careful dressers are hard to spot: to the untrained eye, they seem to blend in with the rest...
Commedia del l'arte is renowned for its blend of spontaneity and old hat--stock characters, stock situations, stock slapstick bits continually reshaped according to the whims of its experienced performers and the peculiarities of the audience and the space. At the beginning of this production, when the actors lug in part of the set, throwing out lines like. "Anybody I know out there?" and "Small house tonight," they establish a quick and funny rapport with the audience. Then the "ad-libs" cease and the show sobers up. Great--sober commedia del l'arte by inexperienced actors on the Loeb...
Which she certainly should, unless the Emanuels go overboard. According to the Guardian, the couple's "extravagant high-society gowns often go well past the borderline of the erotic . . . Their rapid fame has been based largely on exotic, intricately decorated, grand evening gowns which blend the pre-Raphaelite and Nell Gwynne styles. Demand for their work, which they advertise as 'bringing glamour back to evening clothes,' has grown as jet-set and upper-class balls have become more nostalgically lavish in times of general gloom." British commentators noted happily that Di seems determined to project a style...
Those Drinking Days is a passionate blend: part autobiography, part confessional, part sketches of famous alcoholic writers and part sermon on the dangers of "Drunkspeare ... its bird song and purling ravishment, bliss of self-love...
...outcome of the women's competition was less predictable. Biellmann, fourth-place finisher at the 1980 Olympics, is the most seasoned skater of the current crop. She carried the day with a blend of experienced sang-froid and virtuoso spins. In a contortionist move of her own contriving, she grabbed her left leg behind her back with both hands and stretched it high overhead, while spinning at dazzling speed on her right leg. The Biellmann spin is breathtaking, but she lacks the athletic triple jumps that have become the sport's new measuring stick. With the new emphasis...