Word: spotting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Misbehavin' attempts to recreate the atmosphere of a jumping night-spot--perhaps the Cotton Club--in the Harlem of the 1930s. The performers belt out the songs, pushing each other out of the spotlight or fighting over dance partners in mock rivalry. If the mood strikes, they'll spring to their feet to tap out a furious rhythm or languidly drapes themselves across the piano--or the piano-player--onstage. He frequently joins in; sometimes the audience is invited to join...
...Tight Spot...
...meter dash followed with Harvard's John Chafee nabbing a fourth spot in a very tight race...
...some colleges, the Middlebury Winter Carnival is annually the final opportunity to gain valuable points to earn a spot as a team in the NCAA national championships in two weeks at Winter Park, Colo. For Harvard, it ranks as the most important weekend of the year because the results determine whether the men's team will remain in Division I for the next season; and it gives individuals a chance to qualify for the NCAA...
There is a bright spot. William P. Reimann's large, stone-cut sundial is strikingly handsome, a functional product of a fine sense of graphic design. Reimann's other work, a frog fountain, is a disappointment, however. The idea isn't all bad--when the pool is full, only the frog is visible; when it's empty, a "malevolent" turtle rises. Yet somehow it just doesn't belong outside a subway station. "The turtle and frog basin, Reimann explains, "attempts to combine creatures native to the region to provide one of several foci intended to organize a hierarchy of visual...