Word: spottedness
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She sketches in charming details of her early hoydenish exploits, followed by baby-ballerina days in Cincinnati. At 15, she was spotted by City Ballet star Diana Adams, who suggested that if she ever came to New York City, she might telephone. That was enough for Farrell's mother, who...
By July 28, five days before Iraqi tanks rolled into Kuwait, U.S. reconnaissance satellites had spotted the logistical preparations for an offensive. The CIA and Pentagon quickly changed their estimates of an attack from possible to highly likely. The White House and State Department, however, clung to the view that...
The following day, with Terry in stable condition, the Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for the attack. Its grievance was no mystery. Terry had been governor of Gibraltar in 1988 when three I.R.A. guerrillas were shot and killed there in an ambush that was staged by British agents. The I.R.A...
After resigning as artistic director of American Ballet Theater a year ago, Baryshnikov thought of quitting dancing too. But despite chronic knee problems, he admits, "it's neither easy nor pleasant to leave the stage. I never thought I'd spend my last years as a modern dancer, but it...
But it is not as though they are spendthrifts. "We don't clothes-shop," pipes up Jacqueline, an engaging child with lemon-colored ringlets and blueberry eyes. Jennifer nods in agreement. "I can't remember the last time I was in a mall." The couch in the living room is...