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Died. Bronislava Nijinska, 81, grande dame of neoclassical ballet; of a heart attack; in Pacific Palisades, Calif. Though overshadowed for a time by her famous brother Vaslav Nijinsky, she built her own durable reputation as a choreographer, dance mistress and inspiration of two generations of ballet performers. While ballet in...
Mary McCarthy, grande dame of the old American left, assures us in the afterward that Revel is only a pamphleteer. Recognizing this we can all chuckle indulgently at his excesses and inadequacies. After all, he exploits them in the name of the polemic. But petty Gallic charm cannot substantiate his...
Ferree puts affluence's refuse to remarkable purpose. Four times weekly he climbs into a worn old bus and distributes these goods to the Mexican migrant workers who live in brutalizing squalor on both sides of the Rio Grande. But that only begins his chores. After persistent dunning, drug...
The world of high fashion has been hit hard by recession and changing lifestyles, and nowhere harder than at Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, the glossy magazines that glorify it. Advertising pages this year are down alarmingly from 1970 in both-24% at Vogue, 26.5% at Bazaar. Clothes no...
PABLO PICASSO is nearly as old as the electric light bulb. He was nearing his quarter-century by the time the Wright brothers lumbered into the air at Kitty Hawk. He was well known by the start of World War I and a celebrity when it ended. Since then, his...