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...seconds, and must incorporate a 30-second section of “pom”-style dancing, a 30-second jazz section, and a 30-second funk section. Pom is more precise, with straight-angled jumps and props, while the funk section incorporates hip hop moves and contemporary pop music...
Despite the sudden maturation this country is said to have undergone on September 11th, America’s pop icons have been getting younger and younger. Professional basketball, for instance, has put all its hopes on the shoulders of a player young enough to be a college sophomore, while the music industry is being carried by artists who are young enough to be the children of college sophomores...
Within the past few weeks, GM reportedly narrowed the choice down to three sites that met most of its needs: Spring Hill; Shelbyville, Ky., a town of 5,500 about 30 miles east of Louisville; and Schoolcraft, Mich. (pop. 1,350), which is twelve miles south of Kalamazoo. One of Kentucky's drawbacks appeared to be the relatively poor quality of its educational system. Partly in response to GM's concerns, the state's legislature met in special session two weeks ago to pass a $306 million education-aid bill. Michigan's main attraction was a large pool of skilled...
Hugging the eastern bank of the rust-colored Monongahela River, the mammoth Wheeling-Pittsburgh steel plant has long dominated the town of Monessen, Pa. (pop. 12,000), situated in the shadow of the Allegheny Mountains 40 miles south of Pittsburgh. Last week the mill was conspicuous for another reason. Hit by the first major strike of the United Steelworkers in 26 years, the Wheeling plant stood idle...
...York City's Lincoln Center last week, there were Brie and French bread, sushi and raw clams, and a black-tie audience that watched Pop Artist Andy Warhol sketch Rock Star Deborah Harry on a computer. Commodore International was introducing its Amiga computer (base price: $1,295), which the firm hopes will reverse last quarter's $20.8 million loss...