Word: footwork
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been a dazzling bit of footwork, even for a world-class dancing man like William Bennett. Since he took office in February 1985, the brash Secretary of Education has turned himself into the most visible and surely the ) most audible member of the Reagan team. During the primaries, he flirted with various presidential aspirers who eyed him as a running mate: "I dance with all the girls," he chuckled. So was he hungry for higher office? "I'm not running for anything," he said. Amid a riptide of Administration defectees, Bennett held fast...
...theaters across the country each night, audiences are captivated by scintillating music, soaring voices and dazzling footwork. When the show ends, spectators mark their appreciation with thunderous ovations and tossed bouquets. As often as not, the actors, singers and dancers taking their bows ( onstage are in turn quietly applauding those who keep them fit to earn accolades: the practitioners of a fast-growing field called performing-arts medicine. Within the past decade some dozen programs and clinics have sprung up in the U.S. devoted to diagnosing, treating and preventing the physical and emotional ills that can hamper artistic careers. Staffed...
...Republican side, Robert Dole displayed artful footwork in distancing himself from the Administration, while George Bush thrashed about, entangled in voodoo economics. Highly visible as Senate minority leader, Dole projected the image of a concerned legislator ready to negotiate on the deficit. While skirting talk of a tax increase, Dole deftly tossed darts at the White House, describing himself as a "hands-on person. I don't let anything happen in my office that I don't know about...
Mills made his second appearance of the season a memorable one, nailing the game's final two goals with the same fancy footwork that earned him the top spot on the Crimson scoring list...
...coming force in the N.B.A. is a Nigerian, Houston Rocket Akeem Olajuwon (whose countryman Christian Okoye, incidentally, gained 105 yds. last week in his pro-football debut with the Kansas City Chiefs). Newell says, "I asked Akeem recently about his wonderful footwork. He replied, 'I played much soccer.' The foreign athletes' background in soccer may be a tremendous asset. They have an ambidexterity with their feet. I think if I were still coaching basketball, I'd have my team play soccer...