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...into a role model of a self-possessed, successful woman at 50. Shirley MacLaine, who always attracted affection, now commands respect. Her triumph is proof of the power of positive thinking-and action. MacLaine is lean, fit, happier and more attractive than ever. She has worked hard to keep limber physically and mentally, and she welcomes the birthday that saddens so many people: "I love the idea of 50, because the best is yet to come. I am going to live...
...alien being here is Chloe (Meg Tilly), Alex's ex-girlfriend, a decade younger and more limber, monitoring the action with eyes that have seen it all and ain't telling. You have to make eye contact with this wonderful ensemble of actors; the pregnant or averted glances they exchange constitute a geometry of tangled passions. JoBeth Williams can say more by directing her big sad eyes off-screen than volumes of Emily Dickinson; in Mary Kay Place's squint is the weather-beaten humor of a career woman who wants an emergency jolt of motherhood; William...
McCurdy notes that Johnson is not built like the typical tall and skinny distance runner. He is relatively muscular, making him less limber and giving a somewhat less smooth stride than most harriers...
...middle kingdom. On one hand, there are some of the best athletes in the country here--people who could have gotten scholarships almost anywhere they wanted. And Harvard has the facilities--brand new pool, hockey rink, indoor track and (with luck) basketball arena--to keep these folks happy and limber...
...wisp in Montreal, only 5 ft. even and 86 lbs., one of those slim, prepubescent marvels who have revolutionized the sport. As she has matured, she has added three inches and 13 pounds; some coaches wondered if she had become too top-heavy to perform her limber routines. Indeed, Comaneci looked like a stranger in her new body. She finished a disappointing fourth in the all-around competition during the World Championships at Strasbourg in 1978, then missed much of that event last year due to a badly infected hand...