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Within City Ballet, Darci Kistler has been watched closely since her first school workshop performance. During rehearsals for her final student appearance in Swan Lake last May, she had a hip injury, but danced "full out" the whole time. Says a friend: "She covered the pain for two hours every afternoon. It was sheer determination." Says Irina Kosmovska, who began teaching Darci in California when she was eleven: "Darci was a fountain of energy. She tried everything. She was one of my most intense students-she would commit suicide on the floor...
...fair, when they counted the receipts and examined the prospects for profits, the Chinese noticed that one line of batteries hadn't sold too well. The "Swan" line had gone over fine but the type embossed with palm trees and the brand name "White Elephant" had claimed very few buyers. Sure, they had listened when the Americans told them that the brand would not sell--something about the connotations of the name--but they had not heeded the advice...
...fair, when they counted the receipts and examined the prospects for profits, the Chinese noticed that one line of batteries hadn't sold too well. The "Swan" line had gone over fine but the type embossed with palm trees and the brand name "White Elephant" had claimed very few buyers. Sure, they had listened when the Americans told them that the brand would not sell--something about the connotations of the name--but they had not heeded the advice...
...fair, when they counted the receipts and examined the prospects for profits, the Chinese noticed that one line of batteries hadn't sold too well. The "Swan" line had gone over fine but the type embossed with palm trees and the brand name "White Elephant" had claimed very few buyers. Sure, they had listened when the Americans told them that the brand would not sell--something about the connotations of the name--but they had not heeded the advice...
...nymphet with a heart of gold. All that is left is the oldtime star power of the lead performers: Robertson, with his motel-room eyes and a voice like pure nicotine; Gary Busey, strong and lovable behind his goony, gummy smile; and Jodie Foster, poised for a swan dive into young womanhood. Look at Foster's face now-a fascinating mask of planes, points and dumpling cheeks-and you see her potential for turning into Meryl Streep or Angela Lansbury...