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RESIGNING. JANE ALEXANDER, 57, the stalwart chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Arts; now that both houses of Congress have approved its $98 million budget; in Washington...
...attitude proved infectious. Several times he paused between songs to banter and joke with the audience, at one point asking the thronging masses to give all their names at once. As soon as the din died down, he responded: "Well, I think I got most of them." Stalwart, silent pianist Mike Garson was introduced as being "134 years...
DIED. JAMES STARBUCK, 85, pioneering Emmy Award-winning TV choreographer; in Beverly Hills, Calif. A ballet dancer by training, Starbuck gained prominence and a larger audience choreographing dance numbers for such stalwart programs as Your Show of Shows, Sing Along with Mitch and The Andy Williams Show...
...tied up and abducted by Willem Dafoe, an actor who can never quite transcend (or enjoy) his inherent weirdness the way Dennis Hopper does. Jason Patric and his rippling pecs fill in for willowy Keanu Reeves as Annie's protector (and, in this case, lover). He's stalwart and athletic, but fundamentally uninteresting...
Despite the rigors of these domestic codes, his family is stalwart in their tolerance of other cultures and lifestyles; his father is quick to emphasize that the family has no problem with those who do pierce their ears or whose culture demands they do so. Ashong has the same tendency. When he discusses his deeply held Christian beliefs, he immediately jumps to his respect for Islam. He rarely speaks categorically, except about himself...