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...dancer came upon Lincoln Kirstein, co-founder with George Balanchine of the New York City Ballet, in apparent distress, weeping in an office. When he rushed to help, Kirstein, 71, waved him away. "These are tears of joy," he said. "Baryshnikov is joining our company." At the American Ballet Theater it was the dancers who wept when Mikhail Baryshnikov gathered them together after last Wednesday's performance to say goodbye: "It is now or never. I have to work with Mr. B." For A.B.T. Baryshnikov's leap to Balanchine is a profound loss; "Misha" was their inspiration...
Hours later, Norwegian radar screens picked up the scramble of Soviet fighter-interceptors as the South Korean plane intruded on Russian airspace near the Kola Peninsula, which lies to the east of Finland. By that time, Captain Kim had activated his "7700" on-board distress signal...
...other disorders were deliberately excluded. Of the 596 VA patients studied, 310 were treated with medication alone, while 286 had bypass operations. The study's conclusions: medically treated patients had a three-year survival rate of 87%; those who underwent surgery only 88%. That minuscule difference caused distress among many heart disease victims. Those contemplating bypasses agonized over whether to go ahead, while others who had already had the operation wondered if it was worth the pain, trouble and expense...
...apparently caused by the failure of the tanker's steering gear. Possibly because of a dispute over the towing price, the ship's captain-who was charged with negligent polluting by the French-may have delayed enlisting the help of a nearby tug or sending off a distress signal. When a rescue was finally attempted, the sea and winds were so heavy that even the powerful tug could not pull the disabled giant back into the shipping lanes. One immediate result of the spill: a new determination by the French to keep closer tab on the increasingly heavy...
...Bridgeport, Conn., housewife, after giving birth to her first child three years ago. "A few pushes and there he was." Her second delivery was not so simple. Mrs. Lutz had been in labor less than an hour, when monitors detected an irregular infant heartbeat and other signs of fetal distress. A difficult natural birth might have produced a brain-damaged or even stillborn baby. So her doctor promptly performed a caesarean section, safely lifting out a 6-lb. girl. Says Mrs. Lutz: "A scar is a small price to pay for a healthy baby...