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More and more, however, Tharp is attracted to classical pointe work. Three of her dancers, Robert LaFosse, Stacy Caddell and Allison Brown, are from New York City Ballet. On opening night they appeared in Octet, a stringent black- and-white ballet set to an Edgar Meyer score. That was followed by a larky grand pas classique performed by Isabelle Guerin and Patrick Dupond, both visitors from the Paris Opera Ballet. Tharp says, "When I was a kid, toe dancing and toe shoes had a meaning in our culture as a serious kind of art." Perhaps that...
...distressingly vague. Nebraska Senator Robert Kerrey has already assailed the imprecision of Clinton's stand on health care, which is emerging as one of the hottest issues of the campaign. The Arkansan promises a plan that will combine insurance coverage of everyone with cost controls so stringent as to make the plan "revenue neutral": that is, it would require no additional tax money to finance. To some experts that combination sounds flatly impossible...
...crowning achievement was the commitment by 11 of the 12 (Britain excepted) to monetary union by the end of the century. After years of debate, the leaders agreed to establish a single European Currency Unit, the ECU, as early as January 1997. But each country must first meet stringent economic criteria. Among them, total government debt must fall below 60% of gross domestic product, and budget deficits may not surpass 3% of GDP. If fewer than seven countries meet the test by the target date, then the currency will be delayed until 1999, when qualifying nations will...
According to club officials, Epps cleared Anderson of any wrongdoing, but the executive board quickly moved to amend the organization's constitution and impose more stringent election controls. In addition, last year's election of Wilson was seen by many club members as a return to more inclusive, traditionally conservative leadership...
...THIS AGE of belt-tightening, Harvard University is facing the same stringent budget constraints as most honest American citizens...