Word: joking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dance of making them. He seems neither a man with a vision nor a man with clearly delineated ideas, but some of his colleagues are. Not Mr. Glenn, indeed, who seems bent on arguing with the former vice-president about past records, but the other six. Many joke that these contenders are fighting for the pointless position of second place, but that position is anything but pointless in a primary. Coming in first is only important on election day; before that date, all candidates have a chance to shape the issues of the campaign...
...exhausted," Tate recalls "But after the first overtime, they weren't going to score on me. We had come too far as a team. It was the first time I've felt so confident, especially that year, since we were supposed to be a joke...
...find yourself remembering what it was like when on the spur of the moment you could just yell to your wife that you were going down to the drugstore and get a magazine. You can't do that any more. I made up a joke and told about the first week after I left the Governor's office...
...fact, the disparities were as superficial as a scrim. Both men were driven by adoring, voracious mothers. Both could tell a joke or draw a tear with a melodic or verbal phrase. And both concentrated on what Composer Alec Wilder called "the bone-deep fatigue of urban gaiety." In either case, that last word applied in its ancient and current sense...
...program. Twyla Tharp's "Push Comes to Shove." This ballet is a with, virtuosic, humorous dance that had its world premiere in 1976. This almost ultra modern dance takes classical ballet and turns it inside out. Twyla Tharp catches each tradition and turns it into a hilarious joke. With music by Fran, Joseph Hayden and Joseph Lamp and a confident, clever set of dancers. "Push Comes to Shove" was a smashing hit. Tuesday night Danilo Radojevic. Marianna Techerkasky and Susan Jaffe led the ballet although Cheryl Yeager and Clark Tippet each made substantial contributions to the dance's success...