Word: astounding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...provides a gritty counterpoint to Bancroft's cosmopolitan artiste, and Baryshnikov's limited role makes no undue demands on his fledgling talents in front of a camera. His virility and sheer presence suffice for the portrayal of the compulsive narcissist stud in the company, and his dancing will predictably astound moviegoers unfamiliar with the awesome talents of Nureyev's successor. While Browne is relegated to the imposing shadow cast by Baryshnikov's virtuoso skills. When they team together in some of the dance sequences, she conveys the confusion and flighty emotions of a young adult straddling the threshold of fame...
...professional tennis, there is no longer the easy draw or easy first round. Anyone, on his day, might beat anyone else. That the top-ranking pros can keep their games at championship peak throughout the year continues to astound many of us who paced ourselves in a more leisurely way toward the major tournaments...
...almost secondary to her dancing genius; what matters more is her elegantly arched, endlessly supple torso, and above all, her arms. There are no others like them in all of dance. When she floats offstage at the end of the act in a pas de bourrée of astound ing purity, her gently rippling arms seem to be without bones...
...successful year. Says Resident Card Wizard Charles Miller, "Magic is surging; the rewards are better both financially and what you might call soul filling. Even the oldtimers are better." In North Hollywood, Magician Mark Wilson employs a full-time staff of 20 to devise and build special effects to astound audiences at conventions and trade shows...
Scarcely two months have passed since Henry Kissinger paid his fourth postwar visit to the Middle East. Yet this week as the Secretary of State-accompanied by Bride Nancy Maginnes Kissinger-arrives for a fifth visit, he will find enough great changes to astound even a normally unflappable diplomat. Among the transitions since March...