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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dancers must emote and act as well as perform ballet steps. As Cinderella, Larissa Ponomarenko embodies innocence and beauty in their most graceful forms. She maneuvers through intricate steps and pirouettes with great spirit and energy. Equally graceful is the Prince (Patrick Armand), whose powerful leaps and emotional style lift him above the one-dimensional deux-es-machina role that he usually plays in other versions. Both the Dancing Master (Robert Wallace) and the Fairy Godmother (Kyra Strasberg) perform their roles with grace and dignity. Each of the Four Seasons and Cavaliers also dance with a deft combination of stunning...

Author: By Sarah A. Rodriguez, | Title: Something Doesn't Quite Fit | 5/9/1997 | See Source »

...Basically, the Latin speech is supposed to be humorous, to lift people's spirits," said Dunkle. "The Latin oration is traditionally pretty light...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Speakers Chosen For 1997 Orations | 5/1/1997 | See Source »

Then in 1990 a new doctor suggested a radical solution: Ventura should go back on morphine and stay on it. Drug companies had developed a timed-release formula that had proved helpful in other cases. The treatment allowed Ventura to abandon his hospital bed and, for the first time, lift his infant son. The downside was that he was chemically dependent on morphine; the upside was that he was no longer in pain. "I had a lot of trepidation about taking narcotics," says the ex-cop, now 46. "But until I was put on sustained-release morphine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CASE FOR MORPHINE | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

...Dodge Caravan and Grand Caravan, Plymouth Voyager and Grand Voyager and Chrysler Town and Country minivans. This is the latest of several safety investigations for Chrysler's minivan. In 1995, after reports that 37 people had died from being thrown out the back when the lift-gate latches on their minivans opened, Chrysler offered to repair the latches on some 4 million minivans built from 1984 through 1995. The government is also investigating complaints that the seat belts for the bucket seats of 1991-93 Chrysler minivans came unlatched or could not be buckled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Faulty Belts | 4/17/1997 | See Source »

...Martin Luther King Jr. School hosted Kennedy and the 1987 Nobel Laureate as part of a response to recent indications that the Clinton Administration is planning to lift the ban on high-tech weapons sales to Latin America...

Author: By Richard M. Burnes, | Title: Kennedy Urges Peace | 4/15/1997 | See Source »

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