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...Holding On to the Air -- the title comes from one of Balanchine's many wily stage instructions -- is a modest, somewhat limited book. One could wish that she had chosen a more adroit collaborator than Toni Bentley, a former City Ballet corps member. Even so, Farrell's spirit is generous, and she gets the big things right...
Larson said that he will give blood again, adding that "if ever I needed a blood transfer, I hope someone out there would be generous enough to give...
Imagine a fuel that is clean burning, easy to produce and sells for far less than petroleum. The U.S. has a generous supply of just such a fuel: natural gas, also known as methane. Neglected during the 1980s because of abundant supplies of cheap crude, gas has suddenly become an attractive alternative again. With the Middle East crisis pushing petroleum prices to $30 per bbl., energy experts and environmentalists have begun urging greater development of natural gas to wean the U.S. from its heavy dependency on crude...
...half-century ago in Venice in 1935. This summer its successor is on view in the Doges' Palace, and it will travel, in a much truncated form, to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, opening Oct. 28. The incompleteness of the Venice show, which is more a generous sampler than a true retrospective, and the even more fragmentary character it will have in Washington, testifies that the day of the big single-master show is closing...
...forced by the courts to donate a kidney or a retina to an ailing child or sibling? The chemistry of love and courage often inspires one relative to donate organs to another. But to do so is an act of will, born of the impulses of a generous individual -- not the mandate...