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He is short, with rounded muscles and the pale face of a man made up permanently as Petrouchka. Yet when he launches his perfectly arched body into the arc of one of his improbably sustained leaps-high, light, the leg beats blurring precision-he transcends the limits of physique and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BARYSHNIKOV: GOTTA DANCE | 5/19/1975 | See Source »

For a time, some digital displays were dying out after a few weeks, which understandably inhibited sales, but manufacturers say that such kinks have been ironed out. Consumers now can buy either a display that must be switched on for viewing or a "liquid-crystal" display that remains constantly illuminated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MARKETING: Recession Bucker | 5/19/1975 | See Source »

With her tanks topped off, the carrier soon swung into the wind and went back to work. The flight deck erupted with the frenetic precision of "launch and recovery," sending up 40 planes, like a parking lot emptying at rush hour. Phantoms, Intruders, Corsair II light attack bombers, as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEDITERRANEAN: Strong Fleet Without Friends | 5/12/1975 | See Source »

Unstable Focus. Precision is its keynote; but then, Riley is an epitome of that, both in her art and in her rigorous, gently ironic address to life. A slender woman of 44, she lives alone, dividing her time between a house in London's Holland Park, a studio in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Making Waves | 5/12/1975 | See Source »

Conductor Hugh Wolff '75 impressively handled the difficult off-beat rhythms in the Stravinsky work, and continued his authoritative and precise leadership in his direction of the premiere of John Thow's Astraeus. Thow is a graduate students in music at Harvard and completed this demanding work for Saturday's...

Author: By Audrey H. Ingber, | Title: Finale | 5/6/1975 | See Source »

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