Word: swanning
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...statement he released was long and overly-worded. There was one gentle stab in Ford's direction, but for the most part it was just a mealy-mouthed and conciliatory swan-song from a man who will undoubtedly return to Washington after he comes back to Harvard to perform some work, perhaps as a labor arbitrator...
Russian giants somehow seem more gigantic than they do elsewhere. Here is one having a snack: "Tugarin Zmeevich, Son of the Dragon, put one loaf of bread in one cheek, another in the other cheek, and then he put a whole swan on his tongue, pushed it in with a pancake and swallowed everything in one gulp...
...other parts, in which the characters line up between those who, like Rocky, can stand to fight the good fight and those who cannot, are also wonderfully played. Talia Shire gently coaxes out the part of Adrian so convincingly that her transformation from ugly duckling to beautiful swan becomes believable. As Paulie, her butcher brother who hates freezing himself in the meat house each morning and warming himself at the neighborhood bar each night, Burt Yound succeeds in explaining why the miserablesometimes don't give in. Perhaps best of all is Burgess Meredith, Rocky's manager. In a touching scene...
...month ago, the reappearance on the scene of the discredited conservative general would have provoked chuckles in Lisbon. If the situation remains uncertain, the monocled general might be tempted to fly into anti-Communist northern Portugal, demand elections and a new National Assembly−and point out that his swan-song speech warning against the country's slide toward anarchy had proved all too prophetic...
...return to the U.S. (after 15 years' absence) of a legendary ballerina from A.B.T.'s early days, Alicia Alonso, the founder and director of the National Ballet of Cuba. Now 53, Alonso provided more emotional than aesthetic delight by dancing the adagio from the second act of Swan Lake. It was a strained performance but also a tender portrayal of the Swan Queen, and the audience gave her nearly 20 minutes of cheers and bravas. For those in search of novelty, there was a first look at a potentially exciting new partnership. Gelsey Kirkland was dancing...