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DIED. Valerie Bettis, 62, mesmerizing modern dancer and dynamic, unconventional choreographer; of a heart attack; in New York City. The first modern dancer to choreograph for a major ballet company (Virginia Sampler in 1947 for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo), she also worked for Broadway and Hollywood, bringing back to the dance a concept of "total theater," the combined use of singing, dancing and acting in such ballets as As I Lay Dying, based on William Faulkner's novel, and A Streetcar Named Desire, a scorching version of Tennessee Williams' play...
...scope of the proposed sales is enormous. By the beginning of next year, the Reagan Administration hopes to dispose of 307 parcels totaling 60,000 acres. And this is only a sampler. Within the next five years, the Administration intends to get rid of 35 million acres by Executive Order. This is 5% of the Government's land holdings and constitutes an area the size of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts combined. If the first five-year plan is successful, the Government may decide to sell more in the future. Both President Reagan and his Interior Secretary James Watt...
...only in small quantities. Of Corné Toison d'Or chocolates, possibly Belgium's finest. Founder Marcel Jo seph Corné says, "They are to be bitten gently with the eyes closed." Perhaps. But true chocophiles mostly pursue their passion with eyes and wallets wide open. A sampler...
...Broadway straight drama is a waif, proffered an occasional crumb of grudging acceptance; in London it sits at the head of the theatrical table dispensing "a largess universal, like the sun." Herewith a sampler of three offerings-a scintillant farce, a strong message play and a classic...
...commencement sampler: Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.: "The U.S. has a special role to play in this dangerously disturbed and divided world, a role based on power and the responsible use of power-superpower, to be more precise, and the super responsibilities that go with it. The burden that this places upon Americans is enormous, and it is not surprising that you have known moments of self-doubt and withdrawal. The health and vitality of our system and way of life are, ultimately, in your hands...