Word: lifts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Rebel Army entered Havana after the collapse of the U. S.-backed Batista dictatorship, Pedro was 11 and Hugo was 22. None of the eight was communist, and none was engaged in productive work for the Cuban people. Today all are dedicated communists, and all are working to lift Cuba out of underdevelopment. The course of their lives, the change they went through, is the course of the Revolution...
...beguiling and comfortable than your living room-indirect lighting, wall-to-wall carpeting, floor-length mirrors-but right away you begin to hurt. "Hear that grinding noise?" says your chesty instructor, as he leads you through some neck rotations. "You're breaking down calcium deposits." During the pelvic lift, he explains: "This is good . . . one and two and lift . . . for hypo-kinetic tension . . . and two and hyperventilate. Bet you can't kick your butt," he says, kicking his butt. He is right...
...decision on participation in the NIT was made in response to a request by Columbia president Andrew Cordier that the traditional post-season tournament restriction be repealed. The presidents of four colleges-Columbia. Pennsylvania. Princeton, and Cornell-voted to lift the post-season tournament ban, but a unanimous decision was needed...
...evening, he runs three miles and follows that with a series which can consist of 50 sprints over 100 yds., or 30 over 220 yds., or simply five half miles. Beyond that, Stampfl says he teaches his runners "to be complete masters of themselves. I try to lift them beyond themselves-for immortality may be only a lew minutes away...
...nothing but return to camp. Balanchine has too much pride in his own past and too much love for the American stage for that. In structure, the solos, pas de deux and dances for the corps are almost chastely classical; yet Broadway keeps breaking in. After a serene, supple lift, two dancers will suddenly embrace in a highly stylized foxtrot. A sequence of pirouettes will lead into a flashy split or a sensual side step. The incongruities somehow blend into a consistent display of Balanchine's mastery of forms. Who Cares?, in fact, is practically an anthology in action...