Word: chicago
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After receiving his doctorate under Enrico Fermi at the University of Chicago in 1949, Chamberlain joined the California faculty, becoming an assistant professor in 1950 and full professor...
...beating, suddenly aware that the season was all too short. The first crucial presidential primary-New Hampshire's on March 8-was barely 20 weeks away. The gavel would call the Democratic convention to order in Los Angeles in less than nine months, with the Republican convention in Chicago only two weeks behind. And soon after the hunter's moon of 1960 had waned to a sliver, the U.S. would elect a new President...
After warmups this week in Atlantic City, Manhattan and Chicago, Rockefeller's giant step will take him to Los Angeles on Nov. 12 for a luncheon speech before the World Affairs Council. By no coincidence, he will arrive in Los Angeles as the Western States Republican Conference assembles, and he has left time on his schedule for friendly, probing chats. Next day he will head for San Francisco to address the Press and Union League Club, then on to Salem, Ore. on Nov. 14 for a speech at Willamette University. At trail's end will be Oregon...
...stages. But partly because of her size (5 ft. 6 in., 185 lbs.), partly because of her wooden acting, she did not appear in a fully staged opera until 1956 (Cavalleria Rusticana in Florida). Since then, she has made occasional guest appearances-IL Trovatore and La Gioconda with the Chicago Lyric Opera, Medea and Ariadne auf Naxos with the San Francisco Opera. Last summer she took her great voice to Europe, won loud ovations in both London and Spoleto. Last week she received the most cherished honor of all: an invitation to sing with the Metropolitan Opera. Next season...
...Raisin in the Sun. A South Side Chicago Negro family fights for its "pinch of dignity" amid tears and laughter...