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First in the program, Eliot Feld's "Contra Pose" (1990) is nothing short of profound. It astounds by constantly merging and deconstructing different aspects of dance, creating a barrage of visual images that collide and regroup like highly-charged atomic particles...
These problems do not undermine the overwhelming power of "Contra Pose." This experiment in illusion and reality is a stunning development in dance that Feld enforces masterfully...
...there are any of the usual politician's improprieties lurking in Powell's closet-sexual, financial-no hint of one has ever come to light. Working for Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, Powell did have a small role in the Iran-contra scandal, facilitating the transfer from Army stocks of one of six missile shipments to Iran. His unrevealing congressional testimony about the affair seemed "completely out of character," says Korb. But even Lawrence Walsh, the Iran-contra special prosecutor who criticized Powell's testimony in an August 1993 report for being "at least misleading," says now that "Powell didn...
Defeated Virginia GOP Senate nominee and Iran-Contra figure Oliver North last night said he'll run for public office again, but not in 1996 as many had anticipated. (Rampant Washington rumors had North pitted against the state's Republican senator, John Warner, who refused to support North's bid this year.) "It's not a matter of if I run again, it's when. And it's not 1996," North said Wednesday on CNN's "Larry King Live." He didn't specify what office he might pursue, but did commit to burying the hatchet with Warner.Post your opinion...
...G.O.P. majority to 53 to 47. Among the big-name Democrats felled by voters were Tennessee's Jim Sasser and Pennsylvania's Harris Wofford. A number of struggling Democrats survived: Massachusetts' Ted Kennedy, New Jersey's Frank Lautenberg, Virginia's Charles Robb (who beat out controversial Iran-contra figure Oliver North) and, apparently, California's Dianne Feinstein. Kansas' Bob Dole, a possible presidential contender, will become the new Senate majority leader. Colleagues in line to head key committees include Strom Thurmond at Armed Services, Jesse Helms at Foreign Relations, Orrin Hatch at Judiciary and Alfonse D'Amato at Banking...