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...matter that this is the age of technology. Romance novel covers will continue to make us tingle. And they'll continue to make us flip through their pages, in search of The Good Parts...
Triples are now the yardstick of the sport. They range in difficulty from the toe loop and Salchow, through the loop, flip and Lutz to the Axel, the ultimate challenge. Senior male competitors do triples routinely, but they are very tough for women who lack sufficient strength. One difference between watching on TV and seeing a competition is that at rinkside, spectators see all 20-odd contenders, not just the top handful. Among the lower rankings the number of falls is shocking. "There's a big element of risk," says Don Laws, who coached Scott Hamilton and knows that...
...flip side of this female ideal is that while lips and breasts should be full, the rest of the body is inevitably too fat. The nearanorexic demands made on models and actresses are well known. What is less discussed, and more relevant for most of us, is that similar standards prevail in the ordinary career world...
...SHOSTAKOVICH: COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS. The Manhattan String Quartet (ESS.A.Y). In the 16 years since his death, Shostakovich's reputation has soared, partly on the strength of these 15 brillant quartets: personal, searingly intimate utterances that represent the flip side of the composer's symphonic-apparatchik persona. The Manhattanites, playing with understanding, cohesion and sharpness, reveal the man behind the mask...
...SHOSTAKOVICH: COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS. The Manhattan String Quartet (ESS.A.Y). In the 16 years since his death, Shostakovich's reputation has soared, partly on the strength of these 15 brillant quartets: personal, searingly intimate utterances that represent the flip side of the composer's symphonic-apparatchik persona. The Manhattanites, playing with understanding, cohesion and sharpness, reveal the man behind the mask...