Word: czar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Indeed, the only question was whether Balanchine's own spirits rose to the occasion or the occasion rose to Balanchine's spirits. At 68, four times divorced, czar of his own school of ballet and highly disciplined troupe, Balanchine has long been known for his total dedication to his work. But in the last six weeks, he doubled his efforts and enthusiasm, overseeing every detail of the festival and choreographing nine completely new ballets. He was at his happiest in his shirt sleeves at rehearsals, positioning his dancers and instructing them by singing out "Slow-slow-slow...
...first crucial question is how the bureau should be controlled: by a czar like Hoover running a virtually autonomous agency within the Justice Department? Or by a director under closer supervision of the Attorney General? The question is complicated by the fact that the office of Attorney General has recently become an increasingly political appointment (e.g., Robert Kennedy, John Mitchell...
...Petersburg, Lola got a "private audience" with the Czar, who gave her 1,000 rubles for services rendered. In Dresden, she got Liszt, the great lover of the age, and so wore him out that one night he locked her in a hotel room and fled, leaving a substantial sum to pay for the furniture he knew she would break. In Paris, she got culture and a taste for liberal politics in the company of Balzac, Lamartine, George Sand, Victor Hugo, and especially Dumas père. She found the great love of her life, however, with a talented radical...
...lavish renovation of the OEO chief's private office. Assured by his source that the work had been completed, Anderson ran a column accusing Rumsfeld of frittering away tax dollars while the poor languished. Actually, no alteration had been started. Admits Anderson: "I had the poverty czar living in luxury. It was a terrible error-the worst mistake I ever made...
...team swam its best times of the season. Moriarty's polite handshake with Gambril after the meet may indicate something about the future, for it may not be too long before Moriarty will be watching Gambril establish the same kind of swimming powerhouse which had made him the czar of Eastern swimming...