Word: flawless
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...powerful precision and expressive economy. In the U.S. premiere of his pas de deux for Romeo and Juliet, he evoked muted strains of Romeo's tragic ardor, but the focus was less on his characterization than on the discipline of his whippet leaps and turns and the flawless flow of his carries with Italy's graceful Carla Fracci. Marveled Nureyev: "His technique is too good to be believed...
Varsity coxswain Brian Sullivan took advantage of the moderate tailwind at the start and kept the stroke above 38 for the first quarter mile. The strategy paid off handsomely as Harvard picked up 3 seats and then added another 3 with a flawless settle and power ten at the lower 35. Yale began to fade by the 3/4 mile pole, but Princeton hung on to gain 2 seats on the long dog-leg turn...
...THEN THERE WAS LANA (RCA Victor). Lana Cantrell is only 23, but she knows the recipe for mixing sophistication and simplicity. Her range, clever phrasing and flawless execution make this first album an exciting one, as she sings hauntingly in I Will Wait for You, pleadingly in Stay, joyously in Let Yourself Go, and prophetically in Nothing Can Stop...
...agile and fragile as haiku, She and He lacks the substance of genuine tragedy, but Director Susumu Hani, a onetime documentary film maker, has given the picture a sense of on-location authenticity that transcends its simplistic symbolism. His casting, an amalgam of amateur and professional actors, is flawless. The blind girl literally lives her role; she is truly blind. The ragpicker (Sachiko Hidari), a painter who never acted before, is as narrow as a rice stalk, so emaciated that he sometimes seems to have two profiles in search of a face. But Hidari radiates a beggar's joie...
...Tonu Kalam Tuesday night at Quincy House. Street's mellow tone, meticulous phrasing, and polished technique served as a transparent medium for the expression of every nuance of the music; Tonu Kalam's accompaniment was equally controlled, if the least bit more rodust. As a combination, they were nearly flawless, freely molding the music into the shape they desired without intruding between the music and the audience...