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The results of his efforts are not simply an organization spared by the pandemic, but one that emerged stronger than ever, revitalized and ready for the next 60 years.

There were some heavy losses in Chicago dance this year, a year of change. But amid all that, some terrific dance, mostly by Chicagoans but oh, that "Giselle."

Opinion: Mike Pence is in a weird spot CNN 1/3/2021 By Richard Galant, CNN © Drew Angerer/Getty Images NEWPORT NEWS, VA - SEPTEMBER 25: U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence arrive for a campaign rally at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport on September 25, 2020 in Newport News, Virginia. President Trump is scheduled to announce his nomination to the Supreme Court to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Saturday afternoon at the Wh...

Mike Pence is in a weird spot “And now for something completely different,” John Cleese routinely intoned between absurdist sketches on “Monty Python’s Flying Circus.” He might have been wearing a tuxedo or a pink bikini, and on one occasion he said it while appearing to be roasting on a spit. After the debacle of 2020 — a year that felt a little like being on that spit — many people are yearning for a clean break, “something completely different.” It might be too much to ask...