Word: lift
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...obscured some of the complexity of the choreography. Baryshnikov, as always, appeared to be dancing steps as they occurred to him. Occasionally Feld overreached. When the orchestra struck up a flourish reminiscent of the old Pathé newsreel finale, Baryshnikov lofted Sarry high in a grand one-handed Kirov lift. Majestically, he floated her on a cushion of air, then plunged her straight to the floor in a resounding split. It looked more painful than spectacular...
...world was still in the grips of the Great Depression. Hitler was turning Germany into a war machine. An unemployed and unhappy America plopped into the seat of a movie theater for escape, and put its ear to the radio to lift its spirits...
...federally controlled price of $1.44 for domestic gas shipped across state lines and $2 or more for uncontrolled intrastate gas. Algerian gas bought under a postembargo agreement, however, will cost Americans $3.30 per 1,000 cu. ft. The Algerians are expected to lift the price even higher in future contracts...
...measure the growth of the Credit Society. To graybeards raised in a cash economy, the proliferation of goods and services that can be bought with credit is even more startling. Houses, cars, furniture, appliances, airline tickets barely begin the list. Rents at the Promenade Apartments in Los Angeles, ski-lift tickets in Aspen, Colo., taxi rides in St. Louis, veterinary services in Jacksonville, and treatment in the emergency rooms of Atlanta's hospitals can all be charged on credit cards. So can admission to a nudist camp in Yugoslavia, birth-control counseling by Planned Parenthood of Pittsburgh and funerals...
Crimson coach Stephanie Walsh said the skin suits, which are lighter and more sheer than suits the women usually wear for meets, give the swimmers a "psychological lift because they feel much lighter...