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...sustaining so charged an atmosphere seriously complicates the form of a piece. Two important meloes, both rich in very tasteful nostalgia, suddenly become boisterous and frenzied, and these transformations fuse effective relations to the themes. Moreover, the raucous passages are too often static, and end up seeming like mere busy work. The performance, however, somewhat remedied this defect by giving one melody a meater internal variety...
Hillier has done a fine job of directing; just when a scene seems to grow static, he makes it explode in five different directions. He has cleverly filled the gaps between scenes, and, best of all, he has staged a thoroughly professional show. Muffs, backstage clonkings, and all the other annoyances one habitually associates with House drama are at an absolute minimum...
Soutter, a New England safety officer licensed by the P.C.A., told me that he has taken 489 students through static-line jumps--in none of which did the main canopy fail. And he showed me how a parachute works, how the several tough, elastic bands throw the pack open when the rip cord is pulled, and how, at the same instant, the pilot chute (a miniature parachute that pulls the main canopy out) hurtles almost 20 feet into the air by the force of its own compressed spring system...
...like most modern sports such as sports car racing, motorcycling, or skindiving, parachuting is not inexpensive. At Mansfield, for example, a first jump costs $25, the following two $15, and the next two $10--a total of $75 for the five static-line student jumps that qualify a person for free-fall jumps and membership in the C.P.C. The cost of each subsequent free-fall jump averages only about $3, however...
Take, for example, Samuel H. Beer, professor of government, who began parachuting last July at the age of 50. With six static-line jumps to his record--plus one broken ankle--Beer...