Word: footwork
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...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...
Firepower v. Footwork. The President's new platoon also includes a military star: Lieut. General Bruce Palmer, 53, who was appointed last week as commander of Field Force II-a composite outfit of infantry, artillery and armored divisions that recently attempted, in vain, to wipe out the Viet Cong base headquarters near Cambodia. Palmer-who commanded the 23,000-man force in the Dominican Republic-replaces Lieut. General Jonathan Seaman. Having already proved his diplomatic deftness, Palmer will now have to adapt to a type of warfare where firepower counts less than footwork...
...freeze troop levels in the South at 500,000 (nearly 415,000 are already there). Convinced that Clark's rider would be defeated so decisively that the vote would be interpreted by U.S. hawks as a blank check for unlimited escalation, Mansfield performed some fancy legislative footwork. He offered a meaningless substitute amendment calling for a negotiated settlement of the war "that would preserve the honor of the U.S.," thus managed to shelve Clark's embarrassing proposal...
...legs in unison, like a spangled centipede. With Fred Astaire, Ginger begins a cycle that lasts 16 years-from Flying Down to Rio to The Barkleys of Broadway. The routine never varies: Astaire's pumps beating an impassioned rat-a-tattoo on the shiny floor, Rogers' footwork echoing a moment later in a flippant filigree. It is the era when dancing still means moving together...
...offset Shapp's lavishly financed campaign, two of the state's most popular Republicans-Governor William Scranton, who helped nominate Shafer as his successor, and Senator Hugh Scott-have marched up and down the Keystone State on behalf of the G.O.P. candidate. Shafer, doing much energetic footwork himself, has been concentrating on the Scranton administration's creditable record and Pennsylvania's prosperity, accuses Shapp of trying to buy the election. Shapp charges that the state's economy is, in fact, deteriorating, that public utilities get an unfair tax break and that Shafer is the tool...