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Back in the '60s when the Paul Taylor Dance Company traveled to the hinterlands, people mistook the troupe for the June Taylor Dancers from the Jackie Gleason Show. The confusion ended at curtain time. Then, instead of metronomic chorines, the stage was peopled with muscular, disciplined dancers falling, posturing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: The Tolkien of Choreographers | 5/3/1982 | See Source »

But a growing number of commentators are now skeptical. In the May issue of Harper's, Editor Michael Kinsley writes: "Schell's . . . pretentious . . . essay well illustrates the confusion of the antinuclear movement." The heart of Kinsley's argument is that Schell too readily subordinates "liberty," "national sovereignty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Second Thoughts on Schell | 5/3/1982 | See Source »

This year, women undergraduates bursars cards say "Harvard College," where last year they said "Harvard University." Just how accurate this is hard to say. President Horner says something about not having time to catch every little mechancal detail like whether bursars cards say "Harvard College." Dean Bovet says something about...

Author: By Adam S. Cohen and Holly A. Idelson, S | Title: Free Bird or Lame Duck? | 4/30/1982 | See Source »

She never determined a consistent starting line-up because she had difficulty identifying her best players. Players like Kate Martin would play one game start to finish, only to ride the bench for the next. The result was confusion amongst the players and inconsistent performances on the court.

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: A Tragic Comedy of Errors | 4/29/1982 | See Source »

Because Reardon failed to act decisively, the players and Kleinfelder remained in limbo. Perhaps he was trying to lower the axe gently to protect Kleinfelder's feelings, but he also should have contemplated the emotional trauma Kleinfelder must have faced in spending months in a state of confusion and worry...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: A Tragic Comedy of Errors | 4/29/1982 | See Source »

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