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...larger forms of Chassler's work take on qualities similar to its characteristics of movement. Energy is parcelled out into long stretches, each followed by short rests during which the dancer returns to a state of neutral energy, gathering again the threads of the sustaining image. The work is extremely linear, a soliloquy, like the prose poem Chassler recites...

Author: By Susan A. Manning, | Title: Lines Almost Spoken | 3/18/1976 | See Source »

...first two periods saw classic up-and-down play, with almost no action in the neutral zone. Cornell was the main aggressor in the opening stanza, but the acrobatics of McCabe in the cage turned a 1-0 Cornell lead into a 2-1 advantage for Brown on goals by Mike Flanagan at 12:49 and Roberts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brown Dispatches Cornell, 6-2 In Opening Garden Tiff | 3/13/1976 | See Source »

...that the Faculty passed last week, Veronica couldn't afford to get anything less than a B-. She has to have a B- or above in half the courses she takes outside her departmental requirements simply to qualify for a cum, and pass-fails--which used to be considered neutral--get thrown in with failing grades...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: What the Faculty Did to Honors | 3/13/1976 | See Source »

...laughs stem from people's misunderstandings of the simplest things. The real threats come from family and close friends. Mary's kitchen telephone is an instrument of bedevilment. The wonder is that she still picks it up; she has rarely heard any good or even neutral news over it. Many lines, especially in the kitchen scenes, can seem funny and pathetic at once. Informed by a caller of yet another crisis, Mary replies, "I can't talk now, I'm on the phone." Actress Louise Lasser somehow turns that Gracie Allen yuk into a more everyday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary | 2/23/1976 | See Source »

Benjamin I. Schwartz, Williams Professor of History and Political Science, said that although he was surprised at the appointment of a relatively unknown figure, he was "not completely surprised that Teng wasn't appointed," adding that by appointing a "sufficiently neutral" Hua in a 'great deal of resistance to Teng becoming the premier, Chairman Mao seems to have given some support to the left...

Author: By Kenichi Takeshita, | Title: Harvard Professors Surprised At China's Choice for Premier | 2/12/1976 | See Source »

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