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Lyrics by Fred Ebb; Book by Terrence McNally...
...show-biz ego-stark, aggressive, manipulative, wheedling, insatiable-has found no more assiduous celebrators than the songwriting team of John Kander and Fred Ebb. In Cabaret, Chicago, Woman of the Year and the movie New York, New York, they have composed dozens of brassy ballads for gutsy ladies staking out their parcel of asphalt turf. No raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens for these guys. Kander's tunes have the catchy dissonance of a Broadway traffic snarl just before show time; violins cower mutely in the pit while the percussion sets a tempo of edgy energy...
...Elis' brutal season has drastically slowed ticket sales, with thousands still available just days before. The Game Harvard will send its largest-ever contingent to New Haven--nearly 18,000--because Yale had extra tickets to allocate. This ebb, some suggest, puts the schools in the awkward situation of having to drum up last-minute interest at the same time that the event's guiding philosophy discourages what Ryan calls "a lot of hulabaloo...
What the NCEE failed to report, however, is that the tide of mediocrity has already begun to ebb. There are plenty of weaknesses still, but excellence has once again become part of the agenda in hundreds of school districts across the country. Statistics only sketch out the dimensions of the turnaround. Over the past three years, 53% of the 16,000 school districts nationwide have increased the number of credits they require in such core subjects as English, science and math; 38% more will upgrade their standards by 1985. During this same period, 69% of school systems have launched efforts...
...mile ahead of Conner when the wind died. There is a time limit of 5 hr. 15 min. on the race, which ran out, and the result did not count. That was bad luck for the Aussies, but their mooted victory came as a needed adrenaline shot at the ebb of their fortunes...