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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...women in her 16-member company. But she doesn't need to, and that's the point. Her versions of such classics as George Balanchine's Apollo and Jerome Robbins' Afternoon of a Faun, danced by a troupe of near youngsters and up-and-comers, glisten and gleam as though the choreographers had personally stopped backstage to apply one last coat of polish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: The Ballerina Is Boss | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

...hollows of Yankee Stadium. Muhammad Ali's was not exactly a leave-taking, but it may have seemed so to the estimated 3 billion or so television viewers who saw him open the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. Outfitted in a white gym suit that eerily made him seem to glisten against a dark night sky, he approached the unlit saucer with his flaming torch, his free arm trembling visibly from the effects of Parkinson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUHAMMAD ALI: The Greatest | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

...melodic ripple of waterfalls caresses visitors' ears; the angled plate glass walls admit sprinkles of sunshine. An intoxicating smell of worldly foliage floats about the sultry environment and various coins from around the world glisten from the bottom of an 18- inch-deep pond, inviting all to make a wish in this majestic structure. For the intrepid, geometrically arranged stones provide an entertaining romp. Just be careful not to fall in---the inhabitants of this imported Japanese fish pond have been known to attach themselves to the toes and fingers of intruders. Just over the River, these Coy fish slither...

Author: By A.b. Osceola, | Title: Something Fishy | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

...MELODIC RIPPLE OF waterfalls caresses visitors' ears; the angled plate glass walls admit sprinkles of sunshine. An intoxicating smell of worldly foliage floats about the sultry environment and various coins from around the world glisten from the bottom of an 18-inch-deep pond, inviting all to make a wish in this majestic structure. For the intrepid, geometrically arranged stones provide an entertaining romp. Just be careful not to fall in--the inhabitants of this imported Japanese fish pond have been known to attach themselves to the toes and fingers of intruders. Just over the River, these Coy fish slither...

Author: By A. B. Osceola, | Title: something FISHY | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

What makes a pop song glisten with perfection? For George Gershwin, it is the simple joy of melody, wittily phrased; think of "S'Wonderful," a song whose lyrics would be silly if its music were not really so wonderful. For the Beatles, it might be mundane working-class life appreciated for all of its unique, fantastical truth--take "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," which reshapes ordinary objects into a stunning psychedelic spectacle...

Author: By Jared S. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cardigan's Latest Album is Swede and Low | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

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