Word: auditorium
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...colonnaded auditorium of the House of Physicians, other Muscovites listen transfixed to a recording of poet Anna Akhmatova reading her long- banned poem Requiem in a deep, rasping voice. When the melancholy cadences end, literary historian Lydia Chukovskaya, 82, recounts how she memorized the verse from scraps of paper that Akhmatova had handed her before the poet burned them in an ashtray...
...Starr Auditorium...
...members had to sell tomatoes door to door to pay for the hall. Today the Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Ill., is the second largest Protestant congregation in America. During weekend services nearly 12,000 people regularly cram into its $15 million, 4,650-seat auditorium and complex. At a time when the mainstream Protestant denominations are rapidly losing members, Willow Creek's popular success and stripped-down theology are challenging traditional notions about presenting the Christian message...
...Piper Auditorium audience had the opportunity to hear the best-selling author say that when he reads horror stories, he looks at the back cover to see if the author looks depraved...
...GRAMMY AWARDS (CBS, Feb. 22, 8 p.m. EST). Bobby McFerrin and Tracy Chapman copped the most nominations; Billy Crystal will host the gala from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles...