Word: brightness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...attended a formal dinner at the Museum of Science. They then proceeded by boats up the Charles River to a specially constructed dock near the new theatre. During the 35-minute ride, expensive cigars, small bottles of brandy, and coffee were distributed. On disembarkation the riders were met by bright lights and a barrage of television cameras. And during the first intermission of Twelfth Night, a fireworks display was set off over the River...
...long-term purchases reflecting confidence in the future, such as automobiles and heavy machinery, are off 20% to 50%. ¶ U.S. investment, which rose $25 million (to a total of $850 million) even in the war year of 1958, has virtually stopped. ¶ Tourism, such a bright prospect that three big new hotels opened for the 1957-58 season, is nearly dead, with 60% to 80% of the rooms empty. The largest hotels are running up to $100,000 a month in the red; Havana-Miami airlines traffic...
...industrial average scooted up 15.51 points to close at 654.76. It was well above the previous alltime high of 643.79 set May 29. and more than 70 points ahead of where the average started on Jan. 1. Brokers expected the climb to continue. Not only was business news generally bright, but the record showed that industrials have advanced smartly in July and August in two years out of every three during the 20th century...
...takes place and suddenly the stage is filled with light. In his attempt to depart as thoroughly as possible from the Broadway production, Mr. Rabb fails to let us see that light, and gives us instead something more like the gaudy, flashing neon signs that outline his production--occasionally bright, but seldom brilliant
...superb technician, Jonah makes the weariest material sound fresh; he can float out a beautifully fluid legato with every note fully etched, or rasp out a low, "dirty" tone while keeping the melody under rigid control, or punch out a bright, high note and linger over it with a heavy vibrato. The arrangements are so simple that the customers, as Chicago Disk Jockey Marty Faye notes, "can sit at a table and chat and still enjoy Jonah...