Word: chases
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...promise. Organized in 1940 as Ballet Theatre ("American" was added in 1956), the company prospered from the start; one reason was that with Europe at war, New York had become the refuge of a staggering array of imported talent. Backed by the millions of Philanthropist and sometime Dancer Lucia Chase, Founding Director Richard Pleasant was able to put together an opening season with a roster that read like a Who's Who of the dance world. Michel Fokine, Anton Dolin and Antony Tudor were among the choreographers; Dolin, Dimitri Romanoff, Adolph Bolm and Nina Stroganova were among the principal...
...grand total of five practice shots before they are sent on active duty. Moreover, says one diplomatic observer, "The Cambodians must learn that you don't kill a fly with a cannon. When a hundred Viet Cong appear, you don't send a regiment to chase them...
Some years ago. Harvard's civil rights image needed some beefing up. The order went out from on top to hire more blacks. The Chase Manhattan Bank, and just about every other businessmen around, sent out a similar order. So blacks were hired (by benevolent Harvard) to be painters...
...according to two witnesses, Elrod's injuries are the result of his own actions, not Flanagan's. Richard Hinchion, 43, an insulating contractor from Munster, Ind., says that Flanagan was running from the police when Elrod, apparently responding to a cry of "Stop that man!" joined the chase. Attempting a football-style block, he bowled Flanagan over, then crashed headfirst into the wall of a restaurant. Michael Rollins, 35, a reporter for Chicago radio station WCFL, confirms Hinchion's story. He was conducting a running interview with Elrod when Elrod broke away to tackle the fleeing Flanagan...
False Arrest. A Munich civil rights lawyer is now filing suit to bar XY. He charges that the show 1) creates the impression that the accused are guilty before they can receive a trial and 2) rouses a "chase fever because of the rewards. Zimmermann has made all Germans bounty hunters...