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...offered no comprehensive explanations on either philosophy or method. What is certain is that his 25-year collaboration with avant-garde composer John Cage has been of major importance. Cage's concern with reevaluating the whole idea of music, with both reducing its definition to an almost untenable minimum and expanding its material to an almost unlimited scope, is parallelled in Cunningham's approach to dance...
...existed during the years 1910-14, when prices and costs were thought to be in reasonable harmony. Farmers, however, define parity differently, and much more simply: "It is a return on our labor in relation to our cost," one man said last month. "Parity is kind of like a minimum wage," another explained. This discrepancy between definitions may be part of the problem...
...Bilingual Education alone sponsors 700 programs in 41 states and five territories, at a cost of $135 million; the spectrum of languages sweeps from Aleut in Alaska to Yiddish in New York. Meanwhile, at least ten states have passed legislation mandating bilingual instruction in those school districts with a minimum number of children?usually ten to 20?who speak a foreign language and are seriously deficient in English...
Liberty, unlimited travel on Allegheny Airlines' system, which reaches from Boston to St. Louis. Fares: $149 for seven days, $169 for 14 days and $189 for three weeks. Tickets must be bought a week before takeoff, and a three-day minimum stay is required...
Putnam said many Corporation members felt the $500 increase would not be adequate to cover next year's costs. The new increase is "the minimum needed to break even," he said...