Word: talled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...never stopped studying dance, and her first heartbreak in life came when she grew too tall for the title role in the Washington School of Ballet production of Cinderella. On the advice of her teachers, Shirley at 16 shifted to musical comedy and traveled to New York City where she tried out for a production of Oklahoma! that toured the boroughs. She was cast as the center postcard girl in the ballet by a director who addressed her as, "Hey! You with the legs...
...speech schedule required the hotel staff to serve and clear the meal in 80 minutes. In addition to the highly drilled waiters (required by the hotel to be at least 6 ft tall) Mompezat trained 76 hotel chefs and 120 kitchen staffers to assist in the 4½ hours of cooking and carving...
...worry about the great Washington shout-out over how the U.S. should stand tall in the world is that we could soon produce a feckless breed of political leaders who would spend their time debating how best to do nothing...
Teaching executives to exude the right stuff is the business of Denver's Benton Management Resources, which has seen its sales double in the past year, from $100,000 to $200,000, without a word of advertising. Debra Benton, 30, a tall (5 ft. 9 in.) former Colorado beauty queen who drives around town in a red Porsche convertible, founded her firm eight years ago after working with her husband, an executive recruiter. She charges men $100 an hour and women $60 an hour, and $1,500 for eight-hour courses...
...would be difficult not to be charmed by Bernardin Cardinal Gantin. Trim and tall (6 ft. 2 in.) and a youthful-looking 61, the churchman from the small West African country of Benin has emerged during the past 13 years as one of the most engaging personalities on the often austere Vatican staff. Ever ready to flash an infectious grin or pump a stranger's hand, he has even managed to upstage Pope John Paul: during a papal visit to Benin two years ago, it was Gantin who received the most rousing cheers from one welcoming crowd. John Paul...