Word: cheers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...brings him to the edge of madness. He follows his daemon to East Harlem, then on to Germany, where he composes an electronic symphony, scores it for soprano, orchestra, tape, women's high-heeled shoes, and vacuum cleaner. When it is performed back in the Hollywood Bowl, some cheer and some jeer, but he is accepted by the public as a genuine genius...
...fans, and smaller weekly events at "the Ring" draw 30,000 to 50,000. Japan staged its first-ever "grand prix" race in 1963. Promoters were stunned when no fewer than 360 would-be Jimmy Clarks signed up to compete and 300,000 enthusiastic spectators turned out to cheer them...
...possible, more morose than usual. Britain's Lord Caradon glumly stroked his chin. In the Secretary-General's chair, U Thant looked about as happy as an undertaker. Outside San Francisco's Opera House, where 1,000,000 persons had massed in the streets to cheer the birth of the United Nations 20 years ago, fewer than 2,000 were now gathered; inside were row upon row of empty seats. Adding to the gloominess of it all, the principal guest -President Lyndon Johnson-was notably subdued...
...should have left the boards clear for comedy. And indeed two small-cast productions, Luv and The Odd Couple, emerged as the season's co-favorites, recouping their costs after only 80 and 29 performances. But in a season of the survival of the hittest, this was small cheer; 14 of the year's 17 comedies have already closed...
Reception. Just 57 minutes after hitting the water, McDivitt and White were landed by helicopter on the flight deck of the Wasp. More than a thousand sailors crowded around to cheer them. There had been fears that they would faint, or at least experience dizziness the first time they tried to walk. But both saluted the U.S. flag, then strode without a misstep along the red carpet that had been laid down for them...