Word: circuits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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None of the four--at one time or another stellar junior skaters--competes on "the circuit" anymore, having bartered sit spins and waltz jumps for the pen and quill of academia; needless to say, studies just don't mix with the seven and eight hours daily competitive figure skaters pump into workouts (you decide which one settles to the bottom). "An Evening" affords skaters like Rehkamp et al a prestigious opportunity to showcase the fruits of what was obviously once a large part of their lives, and they take advantage of it. All four have participated before; all but Rehkamp...
...Francisco Opera's glittering new production of Aida, a capacity audience-plus 3,000 more Pavarotti fans, watching a closed-circuit broadcast in a nearby auditorium, as well as live-television viewers in Germany, Austria and Spain-saw and heard him struggle unsuccessfully against the vocally ungrateful requirements of Radames. Not content with being the world's foremost lyric tenor, Pavarotti in recent years has been moving into the heavier spin to repertory, forsaking the Lord Arthur Talbots and Tonios of Bellini and Donizetti for roles that call for weightier, more declamatory singing-Enzo in Ponchielli...
...rapidly developing collegiate women's soccer circuit, it is not surprising that national champion UNC started six freshmen and had five others on its bench. UNC spent approximately $90,000 for 14 women's soccer scholarships, while Harvard and Oregon (where soccer is still a club sport) were the only tournament squads which do not award soccer scholarships...
Socializing starts early in the week down in Tar Heel, country, where, because the hard-liquor drinking age remains at 21, most students drink beer, primarily Bud and Stroh's. After two solid nights of studying, Sunday and Monday, it's time to begin the Franklin Street circuit. Who can resist. "Lady Lock-in" at Prudy's Tuesday nights, when from eight to ten the management excludes all men while women down peany drafts (that's right) inside...
Judge Henry J. Friendly of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals announced the bench's decision in favor of the appellee at the conclusion of more than two hours of oral argumentation. Joining Judge Friendly on the bench in the 67th year of the competition were Judge Patricia M. Wald of the District of Columbia Circuit and Judge Nathaniel M. Jones of the 6th Circuit Court...