Word: makeing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...across Australia against 23 competitors, averaging 41 m.p.h. and beating the second-place finisher by two days; the Pointer, a 9 lb., battery-powered, TV- equipped observation aircraft that can be launched by hand, remain aloft for 75 minutes, transmitting back to the ground whatever it sees, and then make a soft landing; the General Motors Impact, a sleek, battery-powered electric car that can accelerate from 0 to 60 m.p.h...
...Flecktones is pure revelation. As a technician, Fleck is hummingbird-fast, whether picking with three fingers, Scruggs-style, or with the back-and-forth, thumb- and-forefinger method pioneered by Don Reno. Yet his technique is always at the service of a sophisticated musical imagination that can make the instrument sound as if it were born to play jazz. Unlike a guitar, a banjo cannot sustain a note for very long. ("Pop, ping, and then it's gone," Fleck says.) Yet on his ballad Sunset Road, Fleck creates an illusion of satiny, legato plangency. If you want one word...
...Yanks make it to the final contest in Rome on July 8? Highly unlikely. In 1950 an unheralded U.S. squad shook the soccer establishment to its shoelaces by beating mighty England in a Cup game. But in this age of cautious play, when winning the Cup can net international stars $250,000 each in bonus money, the Americans will probably go winless. In the first round they are up against veteran squads from Austria, Czechoslovakia and Italy, a three-time champion. Bookmakers give the U.S only a 1-in-500 chance of bringing home the Cup. But U.S. Coach...
...games have become elaborate public relations displays, and Italy has already spent some $4 billion to improve its video profile. Traditional powers, including Brazil and West Germany, will probably dominate the fields. Italy's Azzurri, which boasts a muscular sophistication, has every intention of using home-field advantage to make Italy the first nation to win a fourth Cup. Holland's Edward Sturing and Argentina's Diego Maradona, perhaps the world's best player, figure to shine brightly among the game's top stars...
...shot. At a seminar organized by Stanley Gryskiewicz, a director at the center, trumpeter Bobby Bradford plays Billie's Bounce, then comments on his ensemble: "Everybody knows how many measures there are in this piece. Everybody knows the harmonic sequence. Nobody here is the leader. Everybody's free to make any responsible decision, but we must also deal with surprise. Part of our training is to come out and dance on a slippery floor...