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Myth #3: Ballet has no words. How can it portray a story with no words? Ballet has not even a hint of a spoken word. But that's the coolness of it. Ballet doesn't need words. The dancers use action to elicit the story...

Author: By Kelly T. Yee, | Title: Ballet for Beginners: The Shocking Truth (It Can Be Fun) | 2/20/1992 | See Source »

Several cameo appearances pepper the film--Chris Farley (an SNL regular) plays a security guard, Ed O'Neill (Married...With Children) is an eccentric owner of the cafe where Wayne and Garth hang out, and Alice Cooper plays himself (what else could he portray...

Author: By Sucharita Mulpuru, | Title: Wayne's World: Schwing! Schwing! | 2/13/1992 | See Source »

...Jose M. Ferrer III, assistant managing editor of TIME's International editions, will be the first of four special sections on the competition. "There's a magical quality to the Winter Games, a sense that they retain the original Olympic ideal," says Ferrer. "Our job will be to portray the human stories behind the global Games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From The Publisher: Feb. 10, 1992 | 2/10/1992 | See Source »

...America is spoiling for a fight and, with the Soviet Union on the dustheap of history, Japan is the only serious adversary around. But the spate of Japan baiting mostly follows Teddy Roosevelt's maxim in reverse: loud talk and little stick. No presidential contender is reckless enough to portray Japan as the Evil Economy. America's congenital optimism may be cowering in the corner, but the candidates -- and most voters -- recognize that the roots of the nation's problems lie within the 50 states. Still, in the sound-bite derby for the White House, Japan's affluence and economic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan Bashing on the Campaign Trail | 2/10/1992 | See Source »

...doubt the sponsoring organizations will try to portray the massive demonstrations planned as racist and anti-Black. But this self-serving interpretation should be rejected by the Harvard community...

Author: By J. ELIOT Morgan, | Title: Now is the Time to Protest | 2/5/1992 | See Source »

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