Word: footwork
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ahmanson built Home into a powerhouse by nimble footwork and by devising new tricks to woo business. Before the rest of the industry awoke to the advantages of big-scale operation, he snapped up 18 other associations to form, almost overnight, the first major S. & L. chain. By offering to split profits with cash-shy builders, he soon grabbed a commanding share of the Southern California home-loan market...
Parliamentary Footwork. Unmoved, Wilson went to the House of Commons and demanded that his White Paper be approved by a vote of confidence. Since he was under attack, he said, rather than follow the usual Prime Minister's procedure of opening the debate, he would end it. By that neat bit of parliamentary footwork, he assured himself the last word. When he took the floor, he repeated his accusations. Lohan and Pincher had been much too friendly, he said. Then he recalled that Lohan had been the subject of a security check back in 1964. There was no time...
Thus, for all the economy's signs of zing, lifting the nation's genuine prosperity to a higher level will require some delicate footwork-both in and out of Washington...
Laurence Senelick's directing captured the play's tone and succeeded in making this light black comedy touching as well as funny. The sparingly used shock effects and sight gags, the sharp blocking, the distinct footwork which marks each character, the special lighting for climactic moments, combined to give the show a stagey, super-charged quality. The cast included two of the best character actors in Cambridge, Marilyn Pitzele and Senelick himself. They cleverly made their characters a little larger than life, a little histrionic, rather than strictly realistic...
...section outsparkled the others, it was "Rubies," in which Balanchine teamed with the composer who has inspired some of his finest ballets, Igor Stravinsky. For Stravinsky's spare, syncopated Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra, Balanchine created lively, Broadway-flavored footwork. In the hot atmosphere of scarlet costumes and lighting, his dancers bobbed, swiveled and stretched in patterns of perky wit and sexy grace. Patricia Neary clowned elegantly, and Edward Villella and Patricia McBride drew cheers for the jazz joie de vivre with which they bounded through their intricate roles...