Word: maidening
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...acknowledged begins to take on a symbolic importance after one has walked through the show three or four times. Thirty-one of the 79 contributors wished to remain anonymous. Another 19 listed themselves as Mr. and Mrs. or Mrs. and used the husband's name with the woman's maiden name underneath in parentheses, as if the two names belonged to different people. This is admittedly a small point and doubtless caution overcame pride for many of the collectors but nevertheless how we identify ourselves can be important in determining how we and others perceive...
Shining, it was Adam and maiden...
...with grace and liquid beauty. Plisetskaya, though, is unique. In the limpid forest glade scenes of Act II, most good dancers prettily suggest a girl imitating a swan. In a breathtaking act of theatrical magic, Plisetskaya somehow becomes a lovely humanoid swan giving a passable imitation of a shy maiden. This remarkable ballerina is now 48, and her short, chunky legs have clearly lost some of their spring. But Plisetskaya's legs seem almost secondary to her dancing genius; what matters more is her elegantly arched, endlessly supple torso, and above all, her arms. There are no others like...
...Maritime Service, a crackerjack seaman who executed the bone-chilling lifeboat rescue of the crew of the Italian freighter Florida in 1929, accompanied Amelia Earhart as navigator on her first attempt to fly around the globe, and skippered the passenger liner United States on her 1952 maiden voyage across the Atlantic and back in record time (6 days, 22 hours, 52 minutes); after a long illness; in Saddle River...
Died. Pamela Britton, 50, comely golden-haired actress who made a creditable maiden voyage as Frank Sinatra's girl friend in Anchors Aweigh (1945), starred in Broadway's Brigadoon (1947), and later adorned TV screens in Blondie and My Favorite Martian; of cancer; in Arlington Heights...