Word: curtain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...into almost every state and has been promised support from backers ready to shell out cash for a Humphrey campaign. Eugene Wyman, a former California Democratic chairman, can get Humphrey all the money he needs if he wants to go into the California primary. Marvin Rosenberg, a New York curtain manufacturer and another party money man, refuses to open his purse strings to any Democrat until H.H.H. gives the word...
...Master Gamester Willy Brandt gives away to the Soviets what is behind the Iron Curtain, then walks off with a Nobel Peace Prize for himself [Nov. 1]. The big losers are the millions of people in East Germany who had hoped to some day determine their destiny for themselves. What will Willy win when he wagers what lies behind the Wall...
...would be enough to give most sopranos throat constriction for days. Stage fright is unknown to her; well-wishers, including many young people, throng her dressing room before as well as after a performance, and a relaxed Beverly makes small talk and long-distance phone calls right up until curtain time. "She has a completely unusual degree of security and professionalism," says Conductor Erich Leinsdorf...
...most powerful underground nuclear test ever held by the U.S., exploded with the force of 5 million tons of TNT. TIME Correspondent Karsten Prager reported from the command bunker on Amchitka that half a second after detonation the earth heaved upward, hiding the test site in a curtain of dust and water, and aftershocks rumbled to the bunker 23 miles away. Seismographs registered a shock of the magnitude of seven on the Richter scale. But neither the earthquakes nor tidal waves that opponents of the test had feared in fact happened...
...horror tale of clashing wills between God and the devil. A year later, Capobianco launched Arrigo Boito's Mefistofele a a space-age sonet lumière production in which the devil seemed about to vanquish the music of the spheres until he was whistled down at final curtain. Contemporary operas seldom fare well with the public, but Alberto Ginastera's atonal, astringent Bomarzo and Don Rodrigo are successful items in the repertory...