Word: legging
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...beginning and at the end, evoking the common medieval theme of man's tenuous existence in the face of fate. However, the ballet is not historical in any other sense. The style is more modern than balletic, although the women dance in pointed shoes and retain classical arm and leg positions throughout much of the hour-long piece...
Another powerful element is the consistent control over such an ecstatic, energetic piece. At one moment the men will be carrying women over their heads or bundled in their arms; the next, each woman will be freely leaping or extending her leg. Similarly, there are periods of intense concentration--a man holding the base of a woman's calf, while she, on point, holds her other leg in a perfect attitude behind her--side by side with handstands, rolls and headstands. The entire melange of features--the bright colors of the leotards, the bells and drums of the orchestra...
...awhile, he had difficulty walking. Now he can walk, but with only 85 percent mobility in his leg playing football is still very much out of the question. "I'm just going by what the doctor says," Nolan said yesterday. The doctor says he can't play until the leg is fully mobile. Even when that happens, returning to playing shape will take time...
...Saturday because of shifty winds, the race again seemed in jeopardy on Monday. Then, almost an hour late, with a southwesterly breeze notching a tender eight knots, the duel was on. Liberty, the defending twelve-meter yacht, took yet another start from the Aussies. Midway up the first leg, however, the Americans' 8-sec. lead turned into a deficit of three or four lengths as Australia II streaked upwind on a starboard tack and Liberty went to port. After the first crossover, Aussie Skipper John Bertrand committed the cardinal sin of leaving his opponent uncovered. Liberty Helmsman Dennis Conner...
...Americans widened their lead to 45 sec. on the first leeward reach and managed to make it 57 sec. by the fourth mark. But on the fifth leg, a 4.5-mile run with the wind dead astern, the lead and the Cup changed hands. Playing the wind shifts, Conner moved to the left and sailed into a patch of dead air. With sails almost slack, Liberty jibed back, but the Aussie superboat picked up two shifts of friendly wind and rounded the fifth mark with a 21-sec. lead. Conner battled desperately to recover on the last, upwind leg, going...