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...Times pass and we change; the urgency departs and this is called dating," Steinbeck says. "But I did thread the thing on my home projector and sat back to weather it out. Then a lean, stringy, dark-faced piece of electricity walked out on the screen, and he had me. I believed my own story again. It was fresh and happening and good...
...daughter will dominate the screen far more successfully than the father did in the '30s, '40s, '50s or '60s. Her bony body and lean, clean features can attack grin or grim pictures with equal ease. She has performed in period, contemporary and science fiction with total facility. Her speech still smacks of elocution lessons, but her throat thrums with conviction...
George Balanchine's 115th ballet is an evocative tribute to a corner of his own past. Who Cares?, which was given its world premiere by the New York City Ballet last week, is a nostalgic, gently ironic reminder that "Mr. B." spent a few lean years in the '30s as a creator of dance for stage musicals. In Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, which he designed for the 1936 Rodgers and Hart hit, On Your Toes, Balanchine brought a touch of ballet to Broadway. Who Cares? brings back a little bit of old Broadway to ballet...
...companies in the best position to cope with a slowdown are those that were as cost-conscious during prosperous years as they are in the lean. One of the best cost-analysis programs is that of Continental Can Co., which in 1963 began setting annual goals of "method improvement." For example, instead of producing cans at one central plant and shipping them to customers-"moving a lot of air around the country," as one executive says-the company located its sheet-steel processing plants near the steel mills. Then it shipped the sheet, cut to size and printed with...
Marxist Priests. For months, Rome has heard similar reports. After surveying Brazil's 245 bishops, a special Vatican envoy found that only 15 firmly support the military regime, while 40 have joined Archbishop Câmara in publicly opposing the government; most of the other 190 lean toward the left. Some bishops are heeding the growing number of rebel priests who insist that Catholicism can transform society-and save its soul-only by embracing revolution, even a Marxist variety. "We expected revolutionary movement, but never anticipated that it would build up to such intensity at the very heart...