Word: tempo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only problems that Lee could foresee impeding a student's progress would be medical ones. "You should always wear comfortable shoes--not heels," he told his students. "The way I look at it is if you ladies step on the guys' feet at this tempo, then they just won't be there any more...
After the students perfected some of the basic swing steps, Lee increased the dance's tempo, to make the situation "more realistic." But faster did not mean better for the majority of the dancing neophytes...
...just can't do this," said a second, as the tempo increased...
...S.D.S. students burst into the classroom, shouting 'Strike! Everyone out!' No one moved. I turned and shouted, 'I am placing you under a citizen's arrest,' not knowing exactly what that meant, and the students fled." The incident is emblematic of the man, always in opposition to the prevailing tempo and, in the end, more durable than his hecklers...
McLaughlin had been replaced by Roby. A slow game had been replaced by an up-tempo offense and defense. And, most significant, Carrabino and Ferry had been replaced as the stars of the team by Webster--and Duncan himself...