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...tiny church basement, the two men created the Dance Theater of Harlem, the nation's first major black ballet company. Two hundred pupils arrived the first day; within a year enrollment had swelled to 800. Some of the kids had attended jazz and tap classes, but hardly any had ever seen a toe shoe. Today D.T.H. is an internationally known company with year-round employment for 27 dancers, a school with a student body of 1,300 and a home of its own in Harlem. "We broke all the rules," Mitchell says proudly, "because...
...ball threatens to become an annual fixture--but COYOTE's year-round focus is not on wild parties. Its members are dedicated to improving the adverse conditions which prostitutes now endure. Representatives inform hookers of legal rights that are often denied them in police headquarters and courts. They provide bail, emergency housing and child care; help to find jobs for ex-hookers; file suits to protest the treatment of those still in the profession; and bring the pertinent issues to the attention of nationwide audiences and legislators...
...sales drop, however, the tire makers have been dealt a heavy blow by none other than their biggest customer, General Motors, which last year bought 15 million tires as original equipment. GM now is giving many drivers of its cars the idea that they do not need snow tires at all. GM claims that the TPC-Spec steel-belted radial tires that are now attached to all newly built GM cars "are designed for year-round traction performance." Tests conducted by GM indicate that on loose or soft-packed snow, the radials provide 73% to 96% as much driving traction...
Fitzsimmons' track experience dates back to eighth grade, "but I didn't get serious with year-round running and cross country until the winter of my sophomore year in high school...
This summer Fitzsimmons trained hard every day since July 20, concentrating mostly on distance conditioning. "Day after day, pounding out miles, it gets to be a grind," Fitzsimmons says, "and you definitely get fed up with the monotony of year-round running...