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Word: cityzens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1931-1931
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...been attempting to prove as rapidly as possible.* But Kansas City's method of proof was different from most. Instead of selling expensive subscriptions and then giving a concert, it gave the concert first. The Chamber of Commerce and civic organizations persuaded Conductor Arnold Volpe, once a Kansas Cityzen himself, to recruit an orchestra of 88 musicians. Then it announced two concerts for last week, average price 25? so that no music lover would have to stay home on account of Depression. Few did. Four thousand of them made their way to Convention Hall in limousines, taxicabs, streetcars, busses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: 25 | 12/28/1931 | See Source »

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