Word: tapped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gower Champion, 59, an encapsulation of much that he did best. As a director, he had a jet pilot's sense of speed and angle of ascent. Fond memories of his Bye Bye Birdie offer abundant evidence of that. His choreography could turn from the gliding thunder of tap to the vaulting grace of a waltz without missing a step. The vitality of such 42nd Street numbers as The Shadow Waltz-done just with work lights-Lullaby of Broadway and We're in the Money ensures that this show will not be a Champion memorial but, fittingly...
...Weathermen who have surrendered have been treated leniently, and there was speculation last week that Wilkerson would be allowed to plead guilty to lesser charges. Meanwhile, ironically, three former top FBI officials, including onetime Acting Director L. Patrick Gray, are awaiting trial on charges of having the agency illegally tap the phones and break into the homes of friends and relatives of fugitive Weatherman members...
Carbon dioxide is a raw material for plant growth, and Canfield contends that sprinkling household vegetation with his Natural Seltzer can produce shoots up to 50% larger than those watered from the tap. He recommends the Seltzer treatment about three times a month and sternly warns against using club soda or other effervescent mixers on a favored philodendron. The reason: the other soft drinks contain salt, which in excessive amounts could harm potted pets...
...evidence. Jittery city officials considered canceling a lunchtime jazz concert scheduled outside the courthouse the day after the wrestling match in the hallway but finally decided to let it take place. And so, reassuringly, blacks and whites gathered in the warm sunshine of Greensboro to munch hot dogs and tap their toes to musical riffs just a few dozen yards from the site of a trail with bitter racial overtones...
Because energy is the lifeblood of a modern industrial society, the Soviets will undoubtedly make an all-out effort to tap their hard-to-get reserves. It remains to be seen, though, whether the country can accomplish the job in time to avert serious shortages. Concludes Jack Ray, a Tenneco petroleum specialist who is often in the Soviet Union: "With brute strength and will power they'll muddle through, just as they always...