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...opposite: a triumph of convex geometry, his thin body a question mark that ambled at Stepin Fetchit pace toward a girl or a cause. Katharine Hepburn seemed always on the ascendant, scaling the invisible ramp of her own confidence. But of all the Golden Age Hollywood stars it was Fred Astaire who defined screen movement, for the 30s and forever. With athletic nonchalance, he showed moviegoers how the human body could express strength, savoir-faire, rapture, amazing grace...
...George and Ira). He danced for 10 years on Broadway with his sister Adele, and in 10 Hollywood movies with Ginger Rogers. But in his signature tune from the show and film "The Band Wagon" he sang, "I'll go by way by myself" (available on the CD "Fred Astaire at M-G-M"). His achievement was solitary and unique - extensive and varied enough for the most esteemed practitioners of high, middle and low art to declare him the best...
...Cabinet-level agency even more sprawling and powerful than the one the Senator had proposed. Suddenly, the stampede was on for what the White House touts as the biggest reorganization of government in more than a half-century. The swiftness of the about-face was best summed up by Fred Thompson, the ranking Republican on Lieberman's committee, who pulled him aside and said, "I've been having a great time today explaining my enthusiastic support for a proposition I voted against two weeks...
...Fred Hargadon, dean of admissions at Princeton, says size is the critical reason why Princeton does not require some students to defer...
...They don’t really run the place, but they are the closest advisors the president has, handling issues that may be very controversial in parts of the University,” says Fred L. Glimp ’50, former dean of the College and former vice president for development...