Word: chambered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...unlike most solo virtuosos, they are well tuned in the art of ensemble playing. Indeed, each of the top dozen or so U.S. orchestras has a first-rate group there for the organizing. Following Boston's lead, the Chicago Symphony this season inaugurated a similar series of nine chamber-music concerts; five have been held so far, and all have been sellouts. If the trend develops, the music public can hardly lose; neither can the orchestras. As Boston Symphony President Henry Cabot observes: "Our job is to make music around this neck of the woods, and the more music...
...nearby Nice airport discouraged prospective tenants. The Blue Bird's builder sued Air France, the major noisemaker. At takeoff, the government-controlled airline did not think it was in for much turbulence. Air France simply argued that the proper party to sue was the Nice chamber of commerce, which runs the airport. "We just land where we are told," said the airline. What's more, the builder had taken a deliberate risk: nestled the Blue Bird only 80 yards from the airport runway. And, finally, Air France invoked a 1952 international aviation treaty that declares: "There...
...Antonio was delighted-and prepared. When the 41-man press corps hit town after a five-hour flight, it was greeted by a rollicking four-piece Mexican band and an unlimited supply of margarita cocktails. "We'd like you to be happy this weekend and every weekend," boomed Chamber of Commerce President B. J. ("Red") McCombs. "We will do as many things for you as you will allow...
...opera company and invitations to a formal military ball. They were taken on tours of the city and boat rides down the San Antonio River. When they finally got around to going to bed at the recently constructed El Tropicano Motor Hotel, the reporters found four members of the chamber of commerce on duty around the clock. All a man had to do was lift up his phone and put in his order...
...soon to neon itself. "Neon is made out of a clear, light material-like glass buildings. Transforming the cultural world into the world of the laboratory, it brings art nearer to science." For her just-opened show in Manhattan's Pace Gallery, Chryssa made a 10-ft.-sq. chamber, analyzing the letter A in neon and stainless steel through which people can walk. It is titled The Gates to Times Square, and is an actual journey through a symbol of city lights and mass communication...