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...organist in a London church, then moved to St. Bartholomew's in New York. In 1909 he became the conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony. He was young (27) and virtually untried, but magisterially handsome and already with the mark of genius upon him. Under the gaze of his stern blue eyes, matrons twittered, instrumentalists quailed and other cities began paying attention. Three years later he was off to Philadelphia-the wooing had been mutual-where he would reign for 26 years...
...attend at their own risk. Seeing drag queens prance and posture for the better part of two hours might take a few straights aback at first, but the initial revulsion fades fast as the guffaws start surging. Outrageous! plunges its audiences into the gay sub-culture, taking an unblinking gaze at the foibles and hangups of its members. But this is no Boys in the Band apologia for homosexuals. The film does not fish for either compliments or pity from its viewers; Turner and his fellow female impersonators may all limp their wrists and lisp their words, but they...
...Icarus and Daedalus flew, "the ploughman stopped his work to gaze, and the shepherd leaned on his staff and watched them, astonished at the sight, and thinking they were gods who could thus cleave...
...several other well-capitalized, chain-owned markets and high-volume discount stores. But hundreds of tiny shops-most of them mom-and-pop operations that barely scraped by even" in the best of times-stayed gutted and shuttered. Reported TIME Correspondent Mary Cronin about the South Bronx: "Store owners gaze angrily at the rubble, the empty shelves and the twisted grilles hanging from their windows...
...Bauman's "Headquarters." In this dance Jim and Lorry gaze at the audience, frightened, their focus constantly shifting. They're not seriously threatened, but ridiculously. Dressed in men's pajamas, they hang on a clothesline, like two tired mutts after a night of running the streets. Jim teasingly snaps the line, flipping Lorry off, then as she grabs back on, he flies off. They notice the audience, and, startled, drop to all fours. A searchlight, and a James Bond theme song, come on; the two run, frightened. Then, left to the clothesline again, they show off for one another, primping...