Word: michel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Michel B. Greenebaum '55 was the first to receive the mineral in this form. He was served a single portion when he went to his afternoon meal in Kirkland House yesterday. Probing his macarout and hamburger mixture Greenebaum was surprised to discover the little body builder cleverly concealed amongst the move standardized feed...
...Dazed and uncomprehending, she wanders off the highway clutching her dead puppy, and is taken in by a family of French farmers. Here, surrounded by the brutality of war and the brutishness of the peasants, she turns for friendship to the family's eleven-year-old son Michel (Georges Poujouly...
...reality they know best: sudden and violent death. Solemnly, at "an old mill presided over by an ancient owl, they build a little cemetery. There they first bury Paulette's puppy, then a chick, a mole, a ladybird, a rat, a lizard and a cockroach (which Michel impales on a pen while imitating the terrifying sound of a German dive bomber). They even steal crosses from a real cemetery for their animal burial ground...
...game finally ends when Paulette is taken away by the authorities. Michel, in a fury at his loss, destroys the little cemetery. Paulette, bereft and alone at a relocation center for war orphans, suddenly hears the name Michel spoken in the crowd, and wanders forlornly among a confusion of people in vain search of the one person she loves...
...partner in this selection, Alicia Markova, is a lyrical performer. Although she chose a less exacting and less exciting variation, The Sugar Plum Fairy, her technique was flawless. To Les Sylphides, she brought more spirit and charm; Michel Fokine's choreography includes a series of tours en l'air which Markova handled beautifully. At one point, however, she tangled with Paula Lloyd who is a more angular, energetic dancer, and who is not particularly well suited to this genre of ballet...