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...afternoon. He was underemployed. Calvin Coolidge slept twelve hours a night. There are those who claim that even that much sleep was not enough to get him going. Lyndon Johnson kept moving by insisting on an afternoon nap "with my britches off' and a cold wake-up shower with nozzle pressure of 80 lbs. per sq. in. Richard Nixon withdrew from the world for days to marshal his strength. Ford just keeps going...
...Shower of Gold. The French court artists of the late 17th century, like Jean Jouvenet and Charles De La Fosse, all worked under Rubens' shadow. So did François Boucher in the late 18th century, and a further succession of painters, culminating in the 19th with Eugene Delacroix. "What a magician! I get out of sorts with him at times. I quarrel with him because of his heavy forms, his lack of science and elegance. But how far he is above all those little qualities which make up the whole baggage of others ..." And the view Delacroix expressed...
...thematic dances in the program. The performance begins with Anaendrom which, as the title suggests, parodies a futuristic society. The music is eerie and electronic, reminiscent of something from the Outer Limits. As the curtain rises, one dancer lies lifeless on a rotating disk. Suddenly, a man wearing a shower cap drops from an elevated box. As the scene develops, several dancers interlock their bodies to form an assortment of odd-shaped machines. Arms, fingers, and legs move in an ingenious staccato fashion to simulate gears and cogs. While these fanciful contraptions pump, point and push, other dancers, hunched over...
Jimmy Wilkins is a pro basketball star. With 25 to 30 points a game, he is among his league's top scorers, and last year he carried his team to a national championship. When he plays in his club's home arena, screaming girls shower him with confetti and every game is S.R.O. Despite his popularity, Jimmy Wilkins of San Jose, Calif., is unfamiliar to American fans; he plays for Spiel und Sportverein (Game and Sports Club) in Hagen, West Germany...
...looking over their shoulders in disbelief last week, they could hardly be blamed. With an undefeated streak stretching through 21 games-longest in the team's proud history-the Canadiens had every reason to assume that the nearest challenger in their N.H.L. division was far behind in a shower of ice chips. Not so. The upstart Los Angeles Kings, previously one of the league's most feckless losers, were within a thin one point of the streaking Canadiens...