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...coarse accent comedy. And there is unattractive self-pity in the vision of an artist as a caged carnival act. Still, there are magic tricks, bursts of flame, ritual burials in a stage full of soil and stark tableaux echoing, or worthy of, Dali and Magritte. The words fade quickly. The images linger. W.A.H...
...Unless we remind the administration, people seem all too content to let the issue fade," said council chairman Richard S. Eisert '88. "It's important to call for action...
Gary Hart beginning to fade unless the tops of his ears appear from under his 1960s mod hairdo. Chuck Robb, Richard Gephardt and Bill Bradley neatly trimmed for maximum political appeal, rising steadily. Sam Nunn consigned to the campaign basement unless the sides and back of his shag are thinned. George Bush ("really great") and Bob Dole ("styled very well") streamlined and sailing smartly into the political winds. Pete du Pont, Al Haig and Don Rumsfeld rightly barbered to take the course should the others falter. Jack Kemp, splendidly styled for football, left in the locker room instead...
...planning has been invariably on target. The winds have been particularly tough to gauge. Meteorologists on both teams have been double- checking their computers because the steady high drafts of the antipodal summer begin to fade in February. The big blows alternate with periods of gentle breezes. The day after Conner won the challengers' finals two weeks ago, the wind dropped from 25 knots to 15. That was unfortunate for Stars & Stripes, which Conner has likened to a "fuel dragster" since it was specifically built to excel in winds above 18 knots. The more maneuverable Kookaburra was expected to gain...
Orange will probably fade from the repertory, and Martins, now 40, will proceed to the next work in progress. "I have to feed the dancers material and challenges, or the talent atrophies," he says. "We have more talent under this roof now than I have seen in my time here...