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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...addition, the directors called a special Saturday morning rehearsal for the Super Steppers. "All of a sudden nine months of work comes off in an hour," Shannon says. "Our goal this year was to tell a story. We didn't want a group of dances connected by a weak line, and the story just wasn't coming across...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Cambridge Kids Step Out With Style | 4/15/1988 | See Source »

Fortunately, CityStep's fifth anniversary performance would--for the most part--stand up to a tough critic. The stars are energetic fifth, sixth and seventh graders who aren't capable of disappointing an expectant audience. The choreography and staging could be better in places, but would you tell that to your little sister? And do you care...

Author: By Teresa A. Mullin, | Title: Watching the Dances of the Little People | 4/14/1988 | See Source »

...tempting to think that the students are capable of slightly more intricate choreography. Sequences where there is prolonged marching, skipping or clapping activity stand out as soft spots in the performance. But then, if it was your sister, you'd tell her she was the best skipper ever...

Author: By Teresa A. Mullin, | Title: Watching the Dances of the Little People | 4/14/1988 | See Source »

Lojeski's tale is just one of hundreds of horror stories that taxpayers can tell about the heavy-handed tactics of the Government's tax collectors. With the dreaded April 15 filing deadline approaching, Congress is considering bills that would ensure greater protection of taxpayers, including a measure sponsored by Senator David Pryor, an Arkansas Democrat, that has come to be known as the Taxpayers' Bill of Rights. While no one denies that the IRS should be tough on tax cheats, critics charge that the agency is often too quick to seize property, sometimes moves on the basis of flimsy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting A Leash on the IRS | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

...left, all the products disappeared from our shelves again. But during the time you were here, we managed to buy enough things for the next three years." Gorbachev's letter writer therefore invites him to return in three years and adds, "But even if you can't come, tell our leaders that you are coming. Then they will do something again for the people." The spirit of Gogol is alive after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Introducing Glasnost Giggles | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

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