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...other rough-house competitions are generally outlawed, and at many of the large rinks, crews of guards patrol the floor, ousting reckless speedsters and troublemakers. Off-duty policemen or uniformed private guards stationed at the door adamantly refuse admission to anyone with a hint of liquor on his breath, and a strict dress code prohibits ragged jeans, bare midriffs and motorcycle jackets. Says Thomas Brown, manager of the Alexandria Roller Skating Rink in Alexandria, Va.: "With all these lousy X-rated movies you can't let the kids go to, it's no wonder business is so good...
...knows what possible frescoes are inside the skull?" Thus Octogenarian Martha Graham cryptically advertised her new work, Holy Jungle, based on William Goyen's novel, House of Breath. Next month she is presenting on Broadway what she describes as her most ambitious season ever, a three-week repertory that will include six major Graham revivals plus six performances of Clytemnestra and a reworking of last season's Mendicants of the Evening. Graham will star in the gala opening-as a commentator, not a dancer...
...other day I thought I was going to say goodbye to this world. I was hanging up some clothes to dry...I had dropped a few clothespins, and was picking them up, when suddenly I could not catch my breath, and a sharp pain seized me over my chest. I tried hard to stand up, but I couldn't. I sat on the ground and waited. It was strong, the pain; and there was no one to tell about it. I felt as though someone had lassoed me and was pulling the rope tighter and tighter. Well, here...
...large freighter The African Sun sat in its berth in East Boston's Pier No. 1. The sun was barely above the row of three-storied houses on the horizon, and the chants of over 100 picketers at the gate leading to the pier created clouds of misty breath. Longshoremen arriving at this early hour to unload the ship's cargo slowed down in their cars as they saw the demonstrators and sleepily took the leaflets handed them...
Wisely, conductor Robert H. Baker chose to end the concert with the Concerto instead of Haydn's 99th Symphony in E flat. The audience held its breath through Yo-Yo's first solo, a vibrant restatement of the quiet opening theme. It was perfect, and a wave of excitement swept through the auditorium as he ended the first phrase...