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Martins' influence on ballet in America has much to do with the ease and confidence of his style. He has set a flawless standard for partnering a ballerina. If the aggressive vigor of Edward Villella and Jacques d'Amboise made classical dance an attractive pursuit for men, Martins has taken that style and said, in effect, "Relax." He never inflates a movement, never accelerates into showy riffs of excess energy...
...tree even more, and now decay has begun to eat at the 4½-ft. trunk. Its leaves, once deep green and dense, are thinning. They have fallen for the winter, and the likelihood is that next spring they will not regain even this year's reduced vigor. But the family will...
...Searching for the Queen of Angels," the poet actually finds the queen of angels--of says he does. His queen is the same as that of Williams, who writes in Paterson. "Say it, no ideas but in thing." Mudd's entire reason for living is the city's vigor the singular relish humanity takes in its own creations, Eventually, paradise can come on earth. Odes have been written to cities before, but never one so convincing in its optimism...
...From the right-wing Phalange newspaper al-Amal, to the Communist an-Nida, the press paid handsome tribute to the way the new President had put his country's case before the world community. At a time when Lebanon needs a little peace and stability, Amin's vigor, coupled with...
Suzuki's efforts to restore vigor to the stalled Japanese economy backfired. His plan to end the practice of issuing government bonds to help finance the budget was abandoned after lagging exports and the world recession helped swell the 1982 deficit to $40.1 billion. At the same time, Suzuki's attempts to hold down spending stirred the wrath of the country's largest labor federation. Said a diplomat in Tokyo: "Suzuki simply couldn't deliver...