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...last year, has a moody new piece, Estuary; once again the performances, by Van Hamel and Patrick Bissell, burnish a dull concept. Van Hamel, a dancer of wit and grace, has an even murkier assignment in Jiri Kylian's Torso, a grim, roughhouse pas de deux with Clark Tippet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Adding Some Sizzle at A.B.T. | 6/13/1983 | See Source »

...tumult of busy workers! The Silphae,* with wing cases wide and dark, as though in mourning, flee distraught, hiding in the cracks in the soil; the Saprini,* of polished ebony which mirrors the sunlight, jog hastily off, deserting their workshop; the Dermestes,* of whom one wears a fawn-colored tippet flecked with white, seek to fly away, but, tipsy with the putrid nectar, tumble over and reveal the immaculate whiteness of their bellies, which forms a violent contrast with the gloom of the rest of their attire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Insects' Homer | 8/22/1949 | See Source »

...otherwise tight ball game. With two down in the seventh, an Ell runner in an second, and the Crimson ahead 3 to 2, a conference between pitcher Johnny Hansen, Coach Moe Berg, and catcher Frank Crosby decided that it was the better part of something to walk second baseman Tippet for a crack at Nadherny. The Bull tagged the first pitch to deep right-center for a line triple and the ball game. According to Crosby, Tippet was a great hitter at Andover...

Author: By Robert W. Morgan jr., | Title: Finale | 5/13/1947 | See Source »

...Atkinson who at 61 sits upon the King's Bench Division of Britain's High Court of Justice. Fond of golfing, fishing, motoring, he has to remember a raft of things which few U. S. judges ever heard of. He must remember to wear his girdle, scarf, tippet, beaver hat, full-bottomed wig, ermine-trimmed hood & mantle on State occasions or when attending St. Paul's Cathedral. He must never wear his scarlet robe before Their Majesties the King & Queen. Yet he must mark the 24 Red Letter Days when for courtroom appearance he changes from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Chrysler & Cricket | 11/25/1935 | See Source »

...Molde, Norway, a large white dog emerged from a doorway. The street was snowbound, deserted; the dog, lonely. When a pedestrian did pass by the dog nuzzled her sleeve, seized her tippet, trotted beside, baying. Alarmed, the pedestrian, Gunaelia Lovenskiolde, charwoman, aged 72, took flight, stumbled screaming, fell heavily, lay motionless and silent. The dog lay down beside, where its owner, Olaf Stang, found it on his way home. Fearful lest the dog get chilled, he led it to his hovel, locked it in, before assisting the unconscious woman. Neighbors witnessing, had Olaf arrested "for loving his dog better than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Feb. 8, 1926 | 2/8/1926 | See Source »

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