Word: performance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...courage to think and perform the unthinkable is one of the most complicated and powerful of human gifts. It often has the splendor of inspiration and sheer surprise. The development of zero as a tangible number is a breathtaking conception; the idea, like some arithmetical antimatter, was among the forces that eventually propelled man into space. Darwin's thought enforced an intellectual evolution of its own. So did Freud's and Einstein...
Sander's real forte, though, is an ability to motivate his players. During his stay in Cambridge, he motivated at least half a dozen or so to take time off or to play intramurals rather than perform for him on the varsity...
...Suez Canal, Sadat dressed up in a white admiral's uniform and rode down the canal for four hours on the deck of a destroyer. As a young man he wanted to be an actor, and for a brief period, he now relates somewhat uncomfortably, he did perform on the Cairo stage. He answered an ad in the newspaper for a theater job and sent in his photograph, declaring that he did both tragedy and comedy but preferred comedy. Even today he sings Egyptian pop songs around the house. In telling a story, he often adds extravagant whispers...
...will propose to the Departments of Defense, Commerce and Transportation that male names alternate with female starting in 1979. Federal officials will probably agree, but the idea must also be approved by 30 Western Hemisphere countries that belong to the World Meteorological Organization, which will meet next May and perform the usual chore of selecting a list of names for the following year's hurricanes. Some representatives are expected to object to the change out of masculine pride. But others might propose French and Spanish names for reasons of national pride. By comparison, the debate over gender could...
KitchenAid K5-A ($294). American. Basically a baker's tool, it can perform nearly all processor functions, but does not have a blender. Solid and dependable, with ten different speeds...