Word: peake
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...perfect: he may not put the Valkyries on wheels, but having them cavort like chorus girls is not an improvement. There is no bear for Siegfried to tug, alas, nor does Brünnhilde ride a horse into the pyre. But she does sleep on a genuine jagged peak-not just some symbolic platform. Reversing another current fashion, London puts light rather than gloom on everything, and the operagoer does not have to view the whole show through a front scrim...
...disposable personal income-the broadest measure of the U.S.'s standard of living-rose at an adjusted annual rate of $133 per capita in the second quarter, to an average of $2,908 a year for every man, woman and child. That brought it back near the 1973 peak of $2,952. Most of the gain came from tax rebates and special Social Security bonuses; the rest resulted from longer working hours and higher wages-which are no longer being totally swallowed by inflation...
About the only good to come out'of the nation's most brutal postwar recession has been the decisive slowdown in inflation. The surge in living costs has slackened from a peak annual rate of 13.6% in the three months ended last October to 5% in the three months ended in May. During the past two weeks, though, a freshet of price increases, actual or contemplated, on aluminum, autos, gasoline and sugar, has aroused some worry about whether the progress can be sustained. Then, rumors of a new Soviet purchase of U.S. grain revived memories of the massive...
...York première, the American Ballet Theater's sumptuous new production of Raymonda provided a night to remember. For one thing, the visually dazzling revival marked the return of Denmark's Erik Bruhn, 46, from his retirement three years ago; at the peak of his career, he was widely regarded as the world's reigning danseur noble. For another, Bruhn was appearing for the first time in the U.S. with his friend and rival Rudolf Nureyev, who has created a production that should enhance his reputation as a major choreographer. Finally, the premiere marked the emergence...