Word: erraticism
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All board members expect inflation to remain high, perhaps dangerously so. Greenspan calculates that the consumer price index for April, lifted by food prices, matched March's jump of 10% at an annual rate. In the second half, however, he expects "marked slowing" in retail food prices to bring...
A 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...
When he returned to the IAB floor, the same old steps were there, with hardly a trace of rustiness. There were weaknesses, of course--less than stellar defense, and an erratic though adequate jumper--but with Glenn Fine shuffling about, choreographing the Harvard offense from the point; things were on...
The combination of on-court lion and off-court lamb soothed the Sixers' savage breasts. The team won 16 of its first 18 games under Cunningham and ran away with the Atlantic division of the Eastern Conference. Trade-me talk has diminished, and playing time-and scoring-is now...
This flabbiness spoils a considerable effort to look clearly at the defeats of old age. A courageous old boarder in Rosa's house simply collapses and dies. Rosa knows that her mind is slipping into senility. The boy Momo, caught in the erratic currents of adolescence, tries to puzzle...