Word: focusing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Paradoxically, many practitioners of the one have been fascinated by the other. Dance and Photography, by William A. Ewing (Henry Holt; 240 pages; $50), is a collection of black-and-white photos tracing the history of that partnership, from rare daguerreotypes down to today's 35-mm snapshots. The focus of the collection is not on vanity icons of swan-necked ballerinas posing daintily in profile but on visions of grace and power. Two highlights: Max Waldman's grainy, lyrical image of Mikhail Baryshnikov rehearsing an impossibly bravura jete and an anonymous, easy-does-it portrait of Fred Astaire hoofing...
...over already?" But the scene was already shifting--snow returned, but this time it was graceful and slight. The Snow Queen and King entered the set, drawn by a sleigh with 12 reindeer. Some leaps and jumps later, Clara and the Nutcracker/Prince arrived. They were no longer the focus, however. They were the dream...
...grown from 914 in 1986 to about 8,000 this year, it is only a fraction of the 51,322 permitted to emigrate in the peak year of 1979. The State Department estimates that 400,000 Jews, out of a population of 1.8 million, would like to leave. To focus worldwide attention on Soviet human rights, a large Washington demonstration is being planned by a coalition of U.S. Jewish organizations for Sunday, the day before Mikhail Gorbachev will arrive for his summit with Ronald Reagan...
...Bilingual education should be measured by its results and whether it helps English acquisition and student achievement," the former Reagan Administration official said. Because bilingual education fails to focus on these areas, she said alternatives should be explored...
...clinic will provide medicine and education to residents of Kapchelal Village, which is located in one of the less developed regions of Kenya, organizers said. It will focus on malnutrition and parasitic diseases. HAC is sponsoring the project because these issues are directly related to hunger in Africa, Marx said...