Word: developement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...result of the near-unanimous responses to a questionnaire sent to 150 New England dance companies. "One hundred per cent said there is a need for a collaborative program which would remove needless duplication of effort, 100 per cent said there is a need for a concerted effort to develop a dance audience, and 100 per cent said a major problem was the cost of procuring space in which to perform--in a regulation high school auditorium, two leaps puts you in the audience," Kosewski commented...
Articulture is billing the festival as "Boston's first annual festival of dance," a slight overstatement, but the festival is designed as an annual event to encourage collaboration among dance companies and develop wider dance audiences. Articulture acted as the go-between, handling the public relations and series subscription campaign as well as procuring space in some of Boston's more desirable performance halls: Berklee, the Hotel Bradford Ballroom, and the Boston University Theater. Since Articulture is non-profit, funding for the $50,000 program is coming from the Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs, the Massachusetts Contemporary Dance Association...
...strategic matters also, U.S. analysts believe that Islam and the West have compatible goals. Basically, Islamic states are antiCommunist. Says a senior State Department official: "I think we share a common concern and can work together to develop a set of friendly relationships, which can lead to ultimate stability in the region." Whether or not that proves to be the case, the West can no longer afford to ignore or dismiss the living power of the Prophet's message...
...given year, the expenditures by the big oil companies in search of increased energy supplies may match or exceed profits. For example, the amount that Mobil spent last year to look for and develop new sources of gas and oil, $1.1 billion, was exactly equal to its after-tax earnings. The $3.5 billion that Exxon spent on developing new energy sources was well above its after-tax profits, which came to $2.7 billion. Of that sum, Exxon paid out about 55% in dividends to its 695,000 stockholders. They include not only a great number of small investors (no single...
...Parker kept a detailed book on National League pitchers during his early years arid still logs hours of extra practice. Says Pirate Manager Chuck Tanner: "Sure he has the talent, but he's worked as hard as any man I've ever seen play this game to develop his ability. He's getting better every day and he hasn't even hit his prime yet. That's why five years from now, we'll look back on his M.V.P. season last year and say: 'That was just an ordinary Parker year...