Word: chambers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chamber of Commerce Fort Lauderdale...
After four hours of testimony Convict Mooney ended his story as usual with a burst of tears, finally recovered enough presence of mind to pose for cameras again as he left the Assembly Chamber...
...summer of 1934 Germany's Nazi Kulturkammer (Chamber of Culture), enraged by a much-publicized performance of Paul Hindemith's modernistic, juiceless, but adept suite, Mathis der Maler, declared its composer a pernicious Kulturbolschewist (cultural Bolshevist). Despite a plea by Germany's star conductor, Wilhelm Furtwängler, who had introduced the work at a Berlin concert, Composer Hindemith's compositions were officially banned from German concert programs. Conductor Furtwängler resigned his job in protest, cried: "It is a crime to attempt to defame and drive him [Hindemith] from Germany, since none...
...premiere of his latest work, Symphonic Dances, with the Chicago Symphony. In his enthusiasm, Conductor Hindemith tore a page of his score, lost his baton, ended by conducting with his fists. Critics approved his new work unanimously. Also present on a nearly all-Hindemith program was Chamber Music No. 1, a suite for small orchestra whose last movement, a macabre fox trot, is supposed to depict the hysteria of War-torn Europe. Polite Chicagoans missed the point but liked the fox trot, applauded with appreciative giggles...
...octagonal two-man job of corrosion-resisting steel, with one blank wall which the subjects face and seven bullet-proof windows for people with a scientific interest. It was designed by an enthusiastic artist named Earl C. Liston. It costs $5,000, about $1,000 more than an ordinary chamber, but it is worth it. With its hydrocyanic gas, it can kill two humans at a time, quickly, efficiently, without any mess. Says Earl Liston, with a craftsman's pride: "Our calculations show that this new chamber should snuff out the life in about 15 seconds...