Word: although
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...Broken Knee. Balanchine is also a first-class musician. Although he never performs in public, his friend Igor Stravinsky insists that his piano playing is of "concert" caliber; on occasion, he has taken baton in hand, conducted the New York City Ballet orchestra in ballet performances. At 46, a U.S. resident for 17 years and a citizen for twelve, he is also, beyond doubt, the finest living choreographer. No one today can equal the lyric grace of his inventions, the cool classicism of his abstract designs. Totting up all of his various qualities, the Nation's exacting...
...officers of France's snow-skiing Chasseurs Alpins, who took to the waters of Lake Annecy in the French Alps some 20 years ago on a dare. Since those days, it has grown up on the lakes, rivers and bays of the U.S. into a lusty-sized sport-although it still has a long way to go before it threatens its hilly, cold-weather cousin in popularity...
...Proper Importance. Although Giles now makes enough money to indulge his passion for cars (he lost the sight of his right eye in a motor accident) and to live on a prosperous farm in Suffolk, he has not forgotten his working-class origins. Londoners like best his stock characters, such as cockneys, hard-boiled moppets (one proudly reported that he had not only spotted spring's first cuckoo, but shot it with his air rifle) and the Giles "family." This includes beefy, solid Dad and Mum, a scrawny pig-tailed schoolgirl, two older homely sisters, a horrid, runty little...
...Oregon, reports, "I saw little of him and that little I did not like much. Before I graduated, I talked with the other editors who had executive positions and they said Franklin had a lot on the ball and the nerve of a brass baboon. And I must admit, although I never lost my original skepticism entirely, I was pleased (on a meeting later in life) by the President's cordiality and informality. The man could, if he wished, charm the birdies right out of the trees...
...revealing Winkler's appointment, the Government department spokesman declared that although the department was merely picking the best available man, it was "glad to give refuge" to one of the California dissenters. He asserted Winkler was "not a Communist...