Word: deux
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...general, trans-Martian travel is possible for only six to eight weeks every 25 months; it is then that Mars' and Earth's orbital pas de deux around the sun brings the two planets close enough to make the trip practical. The next window opens this fall, and NASA intends to take advantage of it. Between Nov. 6 and Dec. 31, the space agency will launch two missions to Mars. The first, the Mars Global Surveyor, is an orbiter that will arrive in September 1997 and spend at least four months circling the planet and mapping its geology and climate...
...story line remains basically the same as that of the classic play: four star-crossed lovers run away to a forest inhabited by fairies. Thanks to the Fairy King's mischevious helper Puck, the mortal lovers become even more discombobulated and frantic until the deux-es-machina ending. Meanwhile, the Fairy King squabbles with Queen Titania over custody of their child until Puck's spell causes the queen to temporarily fall in love with Bottom the Ass, a man with the head of a donkey. Once all the confusion subsides, however, a very happy ending ensues...
...normalization, a move for which the State Department has been quietly preparing ever since. But goaded by a core of MIA families capitalizing on the President's reluctance to alienate those who lost relatives in a war he avoided fighting, the White House has now brought the pas de deux to a halt...
However, one ballerina, with Armand heroically partnering three pas de deux, can't save a whole ballet. The nostalgia of "Who Cares?" is a bewildering end to "American Festival...
...seen what she can't do. And she learns roles like lightning." Dark, willowy, with a lovely, lyrical line, she is unusual in the current City Ballet roster in that she obviously enjoys acting. Balanchine's motto, "Just do," isn't enough for her. Sean Lavery's pas de deux based on the Romeo and Juliet balcony scene gives her the extra depth she revels in, and her portrayal of Juliet, sketched in just a few minutes, establishes both the modesty and the tragic will of the character. Martins calls her his "little Shakespeare girl." Ringer dances from the heart...