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...passing, note the ripples of protest that exfoliate up from the ankles through knees to outer thighs, the pebbly grind of hip sockets trying to accommodate swiveling joints. Good. Tendons, sinews, muscles and bones should now unite in sending an urgent message to the brain. Ouch! Wait a nanosecond for the translation. Here it comes: "Cut it out, will you? People were not built to stand this way. " Disregard this perfectly valid information. Now, dance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: U.S. Ballet Soars | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

...price McHale pays for all this spectacle is credibility. Not for a nanosecond do Aldrich and enemies seem any thing more than what they are: the extravagant inventions of a spendthrift imagination. Sometimes McHale gives away too much. Sentences often peter out in persiflage: "At the corner of Tremont Street the detective chased off a gaggle of four queens with identical gold earrings who did an impromptu high-kick routine to a rhythm of contemptuous offerings aimed at the crowd of well-dressed and generally middle-aged couples descending the steps of the Shubert Theatre after the last performance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mutual Loathing | 2/6/1978 | See Source »

...rival NBC and CBS offices. The detractors could count on the fact that Cosell and ABC were running a high risk. A live prime-time show is so out of the ken of the current TV generation that most people have forgotten its limitations. Timing each act to the nanosecond becomes vital; the stars' ability to ad-lib gracefully and wittily is crucial; many stars, accustomed to the adjustments of video tape, regard live performance as a jump without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Due Bills | 9/29/1975 | See Source »

...spend a nanosecond without him, illegal...

Author: By Steven W. Stahler, | Title: An Attempt to Clarify What Exactly It Is That Richard Brautigan Says About Trout | 12/17/1968 | See Source »

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