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Actually, Louganis's dancing career started long before he could pronounce "degree of difficulty," and he cites a photograph of him when he was two years old wearing tap shoes and holding a baton...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Greg Louganis: Diving and Jiving | 3/20/1980 | See Source »

Selective credit controls have been tried several times, most recently during the Korean War years, 1950-52, but economic experts say that they had little measurable effect. As long as people have money to lend, borrowers will find a way to tap it. Large corporations unable to borrow from domestic banks could borrow from abroad, or issue bonds or commercial paper (in effect, big short-term IOUs); a consumer could take out one of the personal loans that were permitted or borrow on his life insurance to buy a car. Says J.H. Tyler McConnell, president of Delaware Trust Co.: "When...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: When You Start to Squeeze | 3/17/1980 | See Source »

...Some time ago a figure strolled along the esplanade" from "A Blurred Girl" evokes a certain misty, mushy image in each of us, and linked together, these recollections form jagged edges of the complete picture. He supplies no details but makes the gist clear. Foxx has the ability to tap our emotional reservoirs with just a few evocative phrases, like these from "A New Kind...

Author: By Scott J. Michaelsen, | Title: Mondo-Meltdown Rockers | 3/14/1980 | See Source »

...Classics didn't enjoy the remainder of the evening. The j.v. hoopsters struck back from the opening tap of the second stanza, displaying depth and hustle. Rutecki, who finished the evening with a game high 22 points, sparked the Crimson with near-perfect shooting and adept ball-handling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: J.V. Stuns Favored Classics; Rutecki's 22 Leads the Way | 3/4/1980 | See Source »

...York Public Library. Let's face it, a musical version of Little Women just isn't going to grab me." What does grab Robbins, it seems, is the opportunity to create an entire society onstage through dance. West Side Story and Fiddler both contain dream ballets that tap the subconscious aspirations and nightmares of their respective ethnic enclaves. In West Side Story's Dance at the Gym and Fiddler's Wedding Dance specific social customs and rituals of courtship and marriage are rethought in balletic terms. With its gingerly folk touches and communal feeling, Robbins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Robbins Returns to Broadway | 3/3/1980 | See Source »

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