Word: chorused
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...adds President Bok to the harmonious chorus. "He's provided marvelous leadership. He's the most successful and dedicated lay leader of a fund anyone's ever heard...
...Milestones," depicting South African Bishop Desmond Tutu and Heisman Trophy Winner Doug Flutie. Presumably, Murphy always wanted to play the bishop, but then again . . . "They are 17 of the best dancers in the world." So says Sir Richard Attenborough, 61, appraising his cast for the film version of A Chorus Line, currently filming-where else?-on Broadway. The director does not make the claim lightly. He interviewed 3,000 applicants before choosing the final lineup. But then, Sir Dickie is accustomed to being patient. He has wanted to do another musical ever since 1969, when he mixed song and satire...
Leonardus strides into the class of 24 small pupils and delivers an imperial greeting. "Salvete, discipuli!" he booms. "Salve, magister," replies the chorus. The sound is an echo from Pompeii: Health to the teacher, health to the pupils...
...film's only other redeeming quality is its electric musical numbers. Gregory Hines is a excellent dancer, and prolonged choreographer Michael Sonian makes use of Hine's unusual talent and presence. Chorus members wearing another costumes, move effortlessly through complex dance pieces, while instrumentalists captivate the audience with their bleary tunes...
...gang will all be there when Secretary of State George Shultz's jet heads for Geneva next month, but it is most unlikely to unite in a chorus of Hail, Hail! Instead, the flight may ring with the same discord that fills Washington whenever the subject turns to arms control, since chiefs of all the warring factions will be thrown together. One voice, however, is likely to stand out amid the babble. Paul Nitze, appointed last week by President Reagan as top negotiator and senior adviser to Shultz on arms control, will be the only U.S. official actually sitting...