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Word: performancy (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stayed for dinner and the next day went to watch Bailey perform in court. Three days later Bailey proposed. Lynda, then engaged to marry someone else (the invitations were already out) promptly accepted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Piloting Patty's Defense | 2/16/1976 | See Source »

Guard Glenn Fine and swingman Doc Hines, who had to perform yeoman service in the absence of the benched Banks, gobbled up scoring honors with 17 and 13 points respectively. The rest of the starting lineup could only glean scraps from the tandem's table...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Columbia Lions Maul Hoopsters Despite Slipshod Play in Second Half | 2/14/1976 | See Source »

When the commandant accepts his attentions despite her understanding of his motives, Pasqualino struggles to perform, though he is half-dead with hunger and sickened by the sight of her. Eventually, Pasqualino's will to live prevails; once fed he achieves his erection against all obstacles, prompting the disgusted commandant to lament that sub-human worms like him without ideals or ideas will survive while the master race collapses. Of course, survival requires not only self-betrayal, but betrayal of others as well. Having become a collaborator, Pasqualino is forced to select others to be killed, and finally...

Author: By Jonathan Zeitlin, | Title: Amare Macht Frei | 2/12/1976 | See Source »

Yale School of Music Chamber Players perform works by Yale composers including Hindemith, lves and Proter. 11 Garden Street...

Author: By Judy Kogan, | Title: CLASSICAL | 2/12/1976 | See Source »

Blessed with a strong, trim build (she is 5 ft. 3 in., 115 lbs.), Dorothy has total body control, one reason she can land a jump so softly. That same sure strength allows her to perform skating's more difficult maneuvers gracefully. Like Mikhail Baryshnikov, the ballet dancer whom she idolizes, Dorothy never shows preparation for a leap. She seems to hang nonchalantly in flight. Her most beautiful move is a delayed Axel in which she hangs suspended before completing 1½ revolutions in the air. Skating fanciers also admire Dorothy's spins: high-speed yet delicate rotations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Test of the Best on Snow & Ice | 2/2/1976 | See Source »

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