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...what hoofing! The dancers, all men, cross and recross the stage with demon drive. The sounds vary as strains of jazz, blues, hip-hop and gospel interweave. This is a very raucous show, about as far removed from the classic buck-and-wing as tap can get. The performers slap down the beat hard, and if that doesn't rattle the eardrums, they are miked at the ankle. It doesn't make for subtlety, but for visceral excitement...
...promoting gambling, the government undermines the very values that it is supposed to be promoting. It takes even more money from the poor. It deceives its own people in order to make a buck, and then exempts itself from its own laws so that it may continue its unconscientious practices...
...25th anniversary of Masterpiece Theatre at the British Embassy, the guests scarfed up all the salmon and ignored the filet. Is succumbing to the Mad-Cow Scare any way to treat the folks who brought us The Jewel in the Crown, Lord Peter Wimsey and House of Cards? Buck up and pass the meat...
...summit, like the National School Boards Association and the National Parent Teacher Association, complain that too few teachers were invited. That's how summit organizers wanted it: "By combining a governor and a CEO from each state, they were hoping to get the biggest bang for the buck," she says. In theory, those attending would return to their home states and consult with teachers, union members and parents. President Clinton, who favors national standards, will address the group Wednesday...
...therapist Susie Orbach, her want of formal education, her abbreviated evening frocks, don't seem to have much impact. Nor does it seem to matter when critics fume that the Princess is expert in using the press and television to her own ends (as if Charles' staff and the Buck House operatives weren't trying hard for similar results). The immediate announcement of Charles' promises and the Panorama interview were Diana's brilliant pre-emptive strikes against the family and the palace's attempts to cast events in a light favorable to Charles...