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...fact of the matter is the president himself supports it strongly." Heckler said at her confirmation hearing. "The issue has been closed really. "Click Another twirl in the career of the pirouetting Peggy--for she's been doing this verbal dance on women's issues and a few others for years now. But until President Reagan resuscitated her political corpse, insiders thought the flip-flopping had done her in for good...

Author: By Kathleen I. Kouril, | Title: Peggy's Pirouette | 4/4/1983 | See Source »

...sound cliched by now, especially after the slow-motion races of Chariots of Fire, but Towne always adds an extra twist to keep things from getting boring. In one particularly stunning warm-up sequence, for instance, he follows the team through all five pentathlon events: A dozen shotputters twirl into one perfect throw, and the high jump becomes a graceful cascade of falling torsos. Sweat drips heavily to a moist track; muscled, streamlined bodies pound the turf; and the camera zooms artfully to catch that last look of desperate concentration...

Author: By Sarah Paul, | Title: Running for Love | 4/8/1982 | See Source »

...many other notable nighttime nabobs were left out in the rain. Conspicuous by their presence inside, were former Owners Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager. All told, 10,000 invitations went out for a club that legally accommodates only 1,800. "It was so crowded," said Designer Klein after his twirl on the dance floor with Brooke, "that absolutely nothing could come between her and her Calvin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 28, 1981 | 9/28/1981 | See Source »

...Jonathan Spalter makes Barnstrom--again, an unnecessary Americanization from Krogstad--a hilarious cardboard villain, right out of The Perils of Pauline. He clenches his teeth, he points accusingly, he leans over chairs menacingly, he rubs his palms in sadistic glee. If he had a moustache, he'd sure to twirl it with fiendish rigor. As Kristine, his long lost love, Kim Bendheim seems vaguely robotized. Their climactic scene together is a wet firecracker...

Author: By Jacob V. Lamar, | Title: Child's Play | 4/22/1981 | See Source »

...orange shirt spins and dips. An elderly woman executes a scampering step with the help of her cane. An open-shirted youth leaps to the hood of a car and, after a flurry of steps, floats down to earth without breaking his rhythm. Here and there gaudy umbrellas twirl in the air. Faces gleam with sweat and exuberance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Louisiana: Jazzman's Last Ride | 4/20/1981 | See Source »

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