Word: tempo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...through their idiosyncratic gaits: Compton inches forward, Borg sneaks backwards, and Fischer steals sideways. They turn sharply and skulk towards the audience--sputtering, chortling, swallowing shrill screams -- then disappear into the wings. The three return, this time with overcoats hunched up over their heads, and pick up the stealthy tempo. As music by Paul Sparrow sounds, their overcoats float up into space, swaying as if alive: objects animated by creatures...
...five Williams songs on side two are the strongest part of the album. Sandwiched between "Montana Song" and "Living Proof" are "Clovis, New Mexico," an adventure song about two drifters, and "Brothers of the Road," an up-tempo song about staying out on two-month tours...
Casals outdistanced Australia's Lesley Hunt, 6-4, 6-4, in other quarterfinals play last night. Casals's aggressive play dominated the tempo of the match as she took control of the net game in the opening...
Whatever she expected was not nearly as unnerving as what she got. Accustomed to the deference and more leisurely tempo of old-style Hollywood film makers, she was unprepared for the whirlwind 36-day shooting schedule. Lester's frenetic pace permitted few concessions to star status. Even the canvas chair, that basic symbol of stardom, was not provided; Hepburn had to use an aluminum chair from her trailer...
...reason for the increased tempo of marriages apparently is that inmates can then qualify for conjugal family visits, a practice inaugurated in California in 1968. This arrangement allows prisoners to use special prison housing units for trysts of up to 48 hours with spouses on the average of once every three months. Explains Department of Corrections Spokesman Philip Guthrie: "Our philosophy is now one of trying to make prison inmates responsible for their own decisions. It's also a reasonable speculation that it reduces tension behind the walls. But speculation is all it is. We don't have...