Word: courtly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...financial need to court its national audience goes beyond the obvious pressure of inflation which strains cultural institutions of every variety. Of all the performing arts opera is the most extravagant--combining as it does the costs of a major theater and a symphony orchestra with the fees of prima donnas and temperamental tenors. An opera house cannot contain more than a few thousand seats without forcing singers' voices beyond their capacity, limiting the revenue available from ticket sales. The Met is squeezing as much as it can out of its ticket-buyers; at $40 an orchestra seat next season...
Most importantly, Sakas has eliminated many of the show's spectacular scenes, including several processional marches and court scenes...
Recent Supreme Court decisions, public suspicion, and the tendency among television broadcasters to "go for the pretty face" all threaten good reporting, Rather said...
Rather cited the recent Supreme Court ruling against "60 Minutes" as one in a series of decisions that threaten the First Amendment. The decision ruled that a court can order a reporter to disclose what goes on in his mind during the "reporting process" of a story...
Harvard's Andy Chaikovsky, at number two, came back from a disappointing straight-set loss to Steve Berliner of Penn on Friday to trounce Joe Perez, 6-2, 6-4. Playing outside in a cross-court wind, Perez could not take advantage of a Chaikovsky serve weekened a sore shoulder. And Chaikovsky's passing shots and judicious lobs helped him dictate the play and win with little trouble...