Word: manner
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...subtly intertwining dances that managed to be at once sweeping and intimately sensuous. Dancers Mimi Paul and Francisco Moncion captured the combination of sophistication and passion in a pas de deux that was full of tantalizing hesitations but never without easy flow. In "Diamonds," Balanchine turned to the grand manner of classical ballet, spinning out variations that resembled traditional Russian dancing removed from the law of gravity. To the score of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 3, Suzanne Farrell, Jacques d'Amboise and the corps de ballet traced lines that, for all their airy lightness, had an austere purity...
...company promises to "make tennis big business" in the manner, if not with the mania, of James Bond and Batman. In return for royalties, manufacturers will be licensed to stick "USLTA" and "Davis Cup Team" endorsements on everything from sweat socks to sunglasses. This newest type of tennis racket was proposed by Licensing Corp. President Allan Stone, 43, who won the skeptical USLTA over by arguing that 1) the U.S. Olympic Committee has endorsed Chap Stick and other items, and 2) the royalties should reach $250,000 within two years. Says USLTA President Robert J. Kelleher: "We never really knew...
...central flaw of Death of the President is that it forces the reader to become preoccupied with the numerous slip-ups in the author's style and manner of writing "history." Manchester meant his volume to complement the visual record of the four bleak days in November, 1963. Yet his shoddy craftsmanship and endless supply of irrelevant detail have dulled the effect with which he wanted to touch us deeply. In the end, the book negates the event...
...this manner, Reston feels that more people would be able to appreciate the narrow range of alternatives the President faces, and would be able to grasp the real options in what presently appears to be a meaningless gush of unrelated facts and personalities...
...hated all abstract talk of youth and the problems of youth: I was youth, afraid to go home without a job. Chamberlain's programmatic remarks seemed to me condescending, his manner unfeeling; I was convinced that he knew nothing about the subject: even his bothering to review such a book showed a highly abstract mind. I was youth--out of college for the year, useless, driven as an alley cat. What the hell does this fellow know about it anyway...