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...ending appears too manufactured), but because it seldom bores its audience. Tune's choreography in that show is consistently exciting, as are the costumes and set. My One and Only possesses a stylish set as well. At times, it also reveals Tune's (or Sellars's, or Walsh's) flair. Tune and Twiggy dance on water, and a group of four elderly gentlemen occasionally appear singing an ironic refrain from an already performed song. The show must quicken and tighten its pace, though it should retain the gentle tone befitting Gershwin's consistently lovely music--the score includes "He Loves...

Author: By Richard J. Appel, | Title: 'S Not So Wonderful | 2/16/1983 | See Source »

...India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, spent years grooming her ambitious younger son Sanjay as her ultimate successor. After Sanjay was killed in an air crash in 1980, she turned to her elder son Rajiv, 31, a former commercial airline pilot. So far, Rajiv has shown little flair for politics, but never mind that. He is Indira Gandhi's surviving son and thus the heir apparent to the House of Nehru, whose street address for most of the past 35 years has been 1 Safdarjang Road, New Delhi, the Prime Minister's residence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: Indira's Woes | 2/14/1983 | See Source »

Cleary spent much of yesterday futilely trying to reschedule in Providence game for March 1. In November, Cleary had agreed to Flair Coach Lou Lamariello's request to change the game from early December to this week. Lamariello yesterday refused Cleary's request to change it again, even though Providence will play no other games within three days of that date...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: Postponement of Beanpot Hurts Crimson Prospects | 2/8/1983 | See Source »

...narrow loss to powerful Wilkes College tranked 17th nationally in the preseason the Crimson wrestled without flair or drive...

Author: By G. ROBERT Strauss, | Title: Grappling With Greatness | 2/3/1983 | See Source »

...standard Bell rotary unit. But the temptation is to upgrade. The next most popular phone is Bell's Trimline ($72), the familiar model with pushbuttons in the handle, and similar versions by other manufacturers. At some American Bell stores, buyers are picking up phones with flair, like the suave, curved Genie ($99) and the French-inspired Celebrity ($159). The fastest-growing sales are being run up by the cordless phone ($130 to $299), which can be carried around the house or outdoors and has a range of up to 700 feet. The portability of the cordless phone occasionally causes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dial M for Money | 1/31/1983 | See Source »

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