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THIS HAS BEEN A BUMPER YEAR for Twyla Tharp. In January she staged a triumphant show of her quirky, inventive choreography at Manhattan's City Center. Next came a stint in Hollywood doing the dances for I'll Do Anything (to be released in 1993), and then the publication of her intelligent, candid-to-a-fault autobiography, Push Comes to Shove (Bantam; $24.50). That's enough for most busy artists, but energy is Tharp's signature both in choreography and in life. She has now renewed her partnership with Mikhail Baryshnikov for a 24-city national tour that started...
Yeltsin in his quest to be the kind of strong executive he thinks Russia needs. After he was chosen chairman of the supreme soviet in May 1990, he did a stint as parliamentary leader. A year and one month later, he became the first popularly elected President in the country's history. He even took on the second job of Prime Minister for several months in October 1991. None of these has quite fit the bill. The irony is that Yeltsin is haunted by the same problem that plagued his rival, Mikhail Gorbachev, when the former Soviet President was trying...
Healy could not be reached for comment. In an interview last spring, however, he said he would continue his stint if the council renews his contract...
Ladd also said Kunin, who was also a fellow at the Institute of Politics in 1983 after a stint as lieutenant governor, had "a remarkable capacity for working collaboratively...
Hermsdorf struggled last season while riding the bench during the final year of the Chuckie Hughes and Allain Roy tandem. But in the exhibition match, the Kirkland House resident was remarkably confident and shutout the Tigers, turning away nine shots during his 20-minute stint...