Word: performance
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...years later, Feigner decided to take his four-man show on the road, sent out 385 letters to towns and cities across the U.S., offering to perform the four against nine act for money. He got only one reply, from a town in faraway Florida, so off to Florida he went with three teammates. Since then King Eddie and his courtiers have performed in every state of the U.S. except Alaska, as well as in Latin America and Canada...
...trick event, each stunt has a value assigned to it by the American Water Ski Association. The skier has two passes of twenty seconds each in which to perform as many different tricks as he can. The points are totaled, deductions for bad form are subtracted, and the skier receives a bonus for not falling in either of the two passes. The skier with the highest score wins the event...
...Colorado Shakespeare Festival, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.: A company of 20 students from colleges in the U S and England perform Measure for Measure, Richard III and Much Ado About Nothing. Through...
...nation will, of course, profit from the "full and extensive" debate promised by various senators on the recently negotiated limited nuclear test ban treaty. Men like Henry Jackson will perform a valuable service if they closely question Administration officials to make sure United States security will not be endangered. And perhaps the Administration will see fit to release additional information on our detection capabilities so the layman can better evaluate our nuclear strategy...
...simple way to perform such a test would be to launch two spacecraft at about the same time. One would carry the bomb; the other would be loaded with instruments and radio equipment...