Word: legging
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Diana Watts was also on that 400 IM relay team, and she came from behind on the anchor leg of that event to edge out her adversary and thus set the pattern for the rest of the meet...
Nonetheless, the sharp run-ups persuaded many experts that the long-awaited second leg of the bull market was at hand. Since surging 64% to 1258.51 between August 1982 and July 1983, the Dow Jones average has been drifting. After an 87.5-point leap during a single week last August, the index finished 1984 in the 1200 range. Analysts last week were confident that the next move would be up. "The Dow will hit 1300 before it sees 1200 again," predicted Peter Furniss, senior vice president for Shearson Lehman/ American Express. David Jones, chief economist for Aubrey G. Lanston...
...improvement is immediately apparent in the newcomer's square foot of personal space: an area paved with debris and bounded on one side by doors that creep open each time the train gathers speed. One inch, two inches . . . what next? A young woman in a dressed-for-success suit, leg warmers and running shoes tries to offer some consolation: "But you have a partition to lean against." The connection between leaning against a partition and comfort is, however, unclear to the newcomer...
...musicals offers not highlights but footlights; Astaire's nonpareil work with Ginger Rogers is stinted (Pick Yourself Up, but not Never Gonna Dance); Cyd Charisse never gets to wrap her mile-long gams around any mere male; and Rita Hayworth doesn't exist. This is filmed dance with one leg tied behind its back. Still, hobble as it does, That's Dancing! provides young moviegoers with the chance to see old masters playing God's music with their feet...
...musicals offers not highlights but footlights; Astaire's nonpareil work with Ginger Rogers is stinted (Pick Yourself Up, but not Never Gonna Dance); Cyd Charisse never gets to wrap her mile-long gams around any mere male; and Rita Hayworth doesn't exist. This is filmed dance with one leg tied behind its back. Still, hobble as it does, That's Dancing! provides young moviegoers with the chance to see old masters playing God's music with their feet...