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...Joey choreographs a modern ballet based on the true story of expatriate German painter Walter Spies, who arrived in Bali in 1927. Spies single-handedly established Ubud as a bohemian destination, but he was later jailed for buggery by the then colonial Dutch authorities. Joey casts himself as Spies and finds a teenage Balinese dancer to play the painter's 16-year-old boyfriend. A rave pre-performance review raises expectations within the New York art world. But the show bombs when it moves to the big city, and Joey's life unravels. Bali has unleashed his naked ambition...
...WALTER P. CHRYSLER The son of a Kansas locomotive engineer, Chrysler learned about cars by taking them apart and reassembling them. He showed the same ability with companies. By the end of 1928 his innovative Chrysler Motors was turning out not only its namesake models but also Plymouths, Dodges and DeSotos, mounting a challenge to automotive giants Ford and General Motors. Chrysler, wrote TIME, "had become one of the chief U.S. industrialists." But he was not through building. In this same year he announced plans for the 77-story Chrysler Building, whose graceful Art Deco structure remains...
...Freestyle: 1. Chang 5:02.97. 200 Breaststoke: Humphries 2:25.02. 200 Backstroke: 1. Ono 2:10.82, 2. Walter 2:11.21. 100 Freestyle: 1. Linsermann, 54:32. Three-Meter Diving: 2. Paradise 321.44. 50 Freestyle: 1. Ward 24.32. 200 Butterfly: 2. Stapleton 2:08.63. 100 Breaststroke: 1. De Benedetto 1:06.92. 100 Backstroke: 1. Bright 1:00.06, 2. Ono 1:01.17. 200 Freestyle: 1. Ward...
...Walter Mitty...
...deposited. In one study, researchers led by Dr. Eliseo Guallar at Johns Hopkins found that European and Israeli men with the highest mercury levels were nearly 2.2 times as likely to have a heart attack as those with the lowest levels. The other study, led by Dr. Walter Willett at the Harvard School of Public Health, looked at a selection of American men and found no connection between mercury exposure and risk of heart disease, although Willett told me a "weak association" cannot be ruled...