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...time it took to analyze, write and publish the conclusions is undoubtedly due to the damnable complexity of the subject. This is evidenced in the book's colliding metaphors. The class structure in the United States is imagined either as a stepladder or as an escalator, a continuum without rungs. America's ethnic ingredients are blended in the traditional melting pot or tossed in a salad bowl, "in which each element remains distinct yet contributes to the flavor of the whole...
...also said, "You should learn a few things." That is an understatement. Baryshnikov is accustomed to the large, open movements of the older traditions and to repeated patterns of steps, however difficult. Balanchine's style is a continuum of endlessly varied movement. It requires high, sustained power and top speed. Kirstein, the best historian of his own company, has written about Agon: "Clock time has no reference to visual duration; there is more concentrated movement in Agon than in most 19th century full-length ballets." A similar claim could be made for many Balanchine works, and some created...
...alluring Gioconda half-smile, all the better to be seen clearly from the third balcony. And those long arms and legs: Should they not be attached to a bigger body? In motion, Gelsey's torso seems to lose what little substance it has. Mass is translated into a continuum of grace...
...cited examples of multiple-choice questions about "political radicalism" which he said classify professors in a right-left continuum...
Harvard students can each be placed on a continuum of academic orientation. At one end of this spectrum are those who are only interested in pursuing one region of study at this point in their academic career. At the other end are those who would prefer to dabble in a larger number of subjects, who are not really ready to commit themselves to any one area of study...