Word: heeling
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...Your Life" - "the first time," Kelly recalled in 1976, "I realized you could make a characterization out of dancing." While creating dances for "Billy Rose?s Diamond Horseshoe," he met a chorine named Betsy Blair; they married in 1940 (divorcing in 1977). He reached Broadway stardom as the title heel in "Pal Joey" and, at the same time, choreographed "Best Foot Forward." (This guy did everything!) MGM boss Louis B. Mayer offered him a contract. When Mayer reneged on a promise that no screen test would be required, Kelly, furious, signed with David O. Selznick - who didn?t make musicals...
...Business Week’s Feb. 18 cover story on Harvard’s future, Summers describes the College’s failure to prepare undergraduates for “the current world landscape” as “Harvard’s Achilles heel.” He uses the magazine as a forum to advocate a number of changes, including stiffer grading standards, more interaction between students and professors and the inclusion of teaching reviews in tenure applications...
...corrupt despite charges that begin with ineptitude and run all the way to collusion. "The Abu Sayyaf has been lucky, but sooner or later their luck will run out," says Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes, a retired general. But why hasn't the military already brought this ragtag band to heel? Brutal terrain and a lack of equipment are the most cited explanations - the first soldiers on the scene in Lamitan didn't have radios. This is not a wealthy nation, of course, but one retired general in Manila points to corrosive mismanagement as the reason soldiers aren't properly equipped...
...State Dept. to claim that Saudi Arabia has been of any diplomatic help. Saudi Arabia has loudly criticized the U.S. over the war in Afghanistan and U.S. policy in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Even the marginal assistance it gave in the financial and military areas came only after much heel-dragging by the regime. The Saudis are still loathe to explain their support for the U.S. anti-terror campaign to their own people because of widespread, popular anti-Western sentiment...
...Harvard, the tunnel has become the project’s Achilles heel. For city residents, it represents their last stand against CGIS...