Word: mayas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Inexplicably, the authors of that arrogant nonbook The Best missed a chance to make a snap judgment that few would challenge-namely, that Maya Plisetskaya is the finest female classical dancer in the world. Last week the reigning ballerina of Russia's Bolshoi Ballet headed a group of touring stars from the company in a week-long engagement at Manhattan's Lincoln Center. Shrewdly, the management announced in advance that she would dance at every performance; otherwise, seeing this uneven cadre of Bolshoiviks -actually, they constitute less than one-third of the entire troupe-without her would...
...degree lost, tied to the rest of humanity?and to God?by fragile strands of grace, strands that fray and break. Pardon is a favor that we may sometimes be in a position to grant, but more important, it is one that we will always need. � Maya Mahs...
Near Thing. Finally, about half of Moyers' shows are conversations with people who view public life from angles not much reported on television. He has talked things over this season with, among others, Black Poet Maya Angelou, Labor Leader Harry Bridges and Historian Daniel Boorstin. Last week, Moyers interviewed Swedish Economist Gunnar Myrdal, who has been carrying on a love-hate relation ship with the U.S. for more than 30 years...
CALLING FOR HELP, by Peter Handke, and VLADIMIR MAYA-KOVSKY: A TRAGEDY, by Vladimir Mayakovsky. If this tragedy isn't calling for help, I'm a grasshopper. This weekend's your last chance to see it. 8:30 at the Old Cambridge Baptist Church, 1151 Mass...
...volunteer is effective also because he can remain separated from local prejudices. The Peace Corps show a degree of respect for the Maya highland Indians which the Latin extensionists rarely use. For example, the customary Latin address to the Indian is the form 'vos'--the equivalent of saying 'boy' to a grown man. Volunteers always use the formal 'Usted' address...