Word: downbeater
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...different side of Newcomer comes out in Nina Weiner's "Eliza's Rhythm." Following the easy jazz shuffles of Sally Greenhouse, Christie Blazo and Elizabeth S-Wilderson--all looking superbly professional in Weiner's choreography--Newcomer's solo section hits the floor on the downbeat whereas the others soar with the upbeat. This sort of subtle difference in expression is possible only when dancers have technique to throw away...
Many Did Well. Yet for each downbeat performance, there were many companies that did well. Xerox, struggling against stiff competition in the copier field from Eastman Kodak, IBM and Savin, posted a 12% earnings rise, to $91.6 million, about equal to total company revenues 15 years ago. American Telephone & Telegraph, which last year became the first U.S. company to earn more than $1 billion in a single quarter, did it again in the recent quarter. Earnings were $1.09 billion, up 26%. Polaroid, expected to introduce its long-awaited instant movie camera at its annual meeting this week, earned $14 million...
...contrasting views of the state of the nation more clearly than in past debates. As Ford sees it, most Americans have a far better life than when he assumed the presidency, and his steady leadership is all that is required to make life even better. Carter took a more downbeat view, arguing that neither the nation nor all too many Americans are that well off and a fresh approach is needed...
...That was Downbeat on the phone. The guy didn't have any specific questions, and Zappa grew a little short-tempered; disposed of him real quick...
...performance conveyed this bubbling yet mildly pained mood; Paula Robison on flute, especially, gave linear definition by her subtle stress on the downbeat in sixteenth-note passages. The first violins tended to chop off an upbeat eight notes aftera similar stress on the downbeats (a not uncommon failing)--but the total balance was excellent, and had the drive of authentic Baroque spirit...