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Word: fasted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...into the shoe to make it even harder. Since hard shoes make noise, she next pounds the stiffness out with a tinsmith's hammer. Then she sews on ribbons and bits of elastic. Done? Almost. Just before a performance she pulls the shoes on over socks, brushes them with fast-drying alcohol and removes the socks. Putting the shoes back on, she says, "That's that, the shoes are comfortable, noiseless and hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: U.S. Ballet Soars | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

...your timing is off. You can put her up there like a barbell, but it doesn't look good." Lavery has also shone on his own. His long legs and short torso emphasize his speed, a quality prized by Balanchine, who has cast Sean in his new fast-paced work, Kammermusik No. 2. Born in Pennsylvania, Lavery started training as a Junior Olympics swimmer at age eight, got hooked on ballet at ten, and never looked back: "I am not bothered by what I have given up. I don't miss anything else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Others at the Turning Point | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

Harvard got off to a fast start, copping a four-seat lead at 500 meters before Navy made its bid as the boats headed for the bridge. The Middies cut the Crimson margin in half before the hosts decided to put it in high gear. A power-20 at the 1000-meter mark left the Middies lagging a length back before Harvard slammed the door with a second spring down the final stretch to win by two lengths...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: Harvard Crews Leave Opponents in Their Wake | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

...victory as they appeared, they avoided admitting it with a politician's expertise. Coach Harry Parker cautioned that although his crew had rowed well against Brown last weekend, particularly during their spring after a crab, the 2000-meter race will be close because Princeton's varsity is "very fast...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Lights and Heavies Face Tough Foes on Charles | 4/29/1978 | See Source »

...this Jacobean tragedy, only half the cast is left, the rest done in by knife, pistol or suicide. If your taste for violence isn't jaded by the glut on TV. you may find the 17th-century's approach more tasteful. The Leverett House production is fast-moving, and the actors fill it with moments of genuine horror and occasional humor as well. The Changeling is playing at the Leverett Theater tonight, Friday and Saturday (April 27, 28, and 29) at 8 p.m., with a midnight show on the 28th...

Author: By Troy Segal, | Title: Just Desserts | 4/27/1978 | See Source »

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