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Rick James's "Super Freak" signals the end of dinner and the beginning of the sixth hour. Most dancers are now showing the effects of all the dance hours logged. Our feet hurt and our leg muscles beg for mercy, but like the climber who tackles the mountain "because it's there," we valiantly strive onward. Donna Summer's "Finger on the Trigger (Love is in Control)" propels us forward, though the minutes tick by more and more slowly...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn and Catherine L. Schmidt, S | Title: Twistin' the Day Away | 2/22/1983 | See Source »

...Actually, this is probably one of the safest things that he has ever done." Mrs. Hoffman says, noting that her husband is an avid mountain climber and has climbed some of the more challenging slopes in Europe. He also enjoys sailing and windsurfing, and, during the winter months, cross-country and downhill skiing...

Author: By Gibert Fuchsberg, | Title: Awaiting His Day in Space | 11/17/1982 | See Source »

...thrillers like Your Code Name Is Jonah in Bantam's Choose Your Own Adventure series. These are not traditional adventure narratives. Like Dungeons and Dragons, they allow teen and preteen readers to select their own plots. In The Abominable Snowman, for instance, the reader is a Mount Everest climber searching for the yeti with a friend named Carlos. The friend, however, is missing. "If you decide to search for Carlos, turn to page 5," instructs the book. "If you decide that Carlos is o.k., and go ahead, turn to page 6." Within the 14 titles, there are more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Packaging the Facts of Life | 8/23/1982 | See Source »

Director Robert Whitehead, who produced Medea in 1947, has not fired up other key actors. Paul Sparer's Creon is more like a pompous chairman of the board than a Corinthian king, and Ryan's Jason is a callow marital climber rather than the hero who brought home the Golden Fleece. The Grecian temple designed by Ben Edwards has a brooding, darksome majesty. A pity so much of this production lacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Blood Bath | 5/31/1982 | See Source »

...boss, heard their clamor and got the giggles. She couldn't stop. Rex Smith, on-stage with her, felt himself begin to laugh-a realization, this open-faced, 26-year-old rock singer recalls, that is not at all pleasant, but rather like that of a mountain climber who feels himself beginning to slide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Hail, Poetry | 3/22/1982 | See Source »

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