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...studied poses of togetherness. Initials takes flight, however, when the soloists are left to perform the stunning variations that Cranko has devised for them. R., in particular, stands for remarkable, when Cragun almost nonchalantly shows off his enormous technique in a variegated sequence of flawless, aerial turns. A visual feast of old golds and blues. Initials is a dazzlingly mounted tribute from a gifted choreographer to four gifted virtuosi. In their performances, R., B., M.and E. (and H. too) more than pay back the tribute. John T. Elson
...found two aluminum canoes and filled them with crushed ice to serve as brobdingnagian coolers for the champagne. Chef Henry Haller borrowed a huge blender from the Pentagon to purée 90 quarts of strawberries for the dessert. Two hundred extra butlers were recruited to help serve a feast that began with suprême of seafood Neptune (crabmeat, tiny shrimps and scallops in sauce) served with hearts of palm and proceeded, with grateful disregard for the high price of meat, to roast sirloin of beef. Military orchestras and Les Brown's band provided music, and Bob Hope...
With Biochemist David Gutnick, Rosenberg isolated a genus of bacteria called arthrobacter, which feast on crude oil, and then developed a particularly fast-multiplying new strain, which they named "RAG-1."* Bred in salt water enriched with phosphorus and nitrogen compounds, the strain gobbles up the paraffin (waxy) content of crude oil, leaving only small droplets of dewaxed oil that break down quickly in nature and become harmless carbon dioxide and water...
...Crimson nine got a taste of what its competition in this year's NCAA District I playoffs will be like as they took on Yankee Conference champ UMass yesterday at Soldiers Field. It wasn't exactly a feast, but UMass dished up enough hits, walks and errors to satisfy Harvard's appetite, serving the Crimson a 5-4 victory...
What happens next between the White House and the press? Despite the Administration's seemingly conciliatory attitude, no love feast is in prospect. A long history of bitterness and distrust cannot be swept away quickly. Yet if the Administration can outgrow the anger reflex set off by even routine criticism and allow newsmen more access at the White House, a degree of mutual respect can develop...