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Word: curtains (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...political bent say the end came last November, when the state bucked a Carter tide to vote for Hayakawa and Ford. Some argue that the peak came in '74, when gasoline shortages tarnished the freeways and exurbs anchoring California's lifestyle. Others insist that the curtain fell last year, when citizens realized the inevitability of an earthquake and the consequences of a drought. But everyone agrees that the California of the '60s a mystical land of abundance and affluence, vanished some time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: What Ever Happened to California? | 7/18/1977 | See Source »

...appearances, divine purpose is still faithfully served along Zurich's elegant Bahnhofstrasse, where the great names of Swiss banking conduct their worldwide affairs behind stately fagades of Alpine granite. Yet the air of heavenly serenity on the stylish street provides a curtain for mundane turmoil. After the worst scandal in Swiss banking history, that sedate and secretive industry has moved-or rather been pushed-to tighten up some practices that have proved shockingly loose. The changes may turn out to be far-reaching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BANKING: Less Go-Go in Switzerland | 7/18/1977 | See Source »

Emma, a non-musical tribute to the late great American anarchist Emma Goldman written by B.U. professor & wildman Howard Zinn, continues at the Next Move Theater, 955 Boylston St., Boston. Curtain at 8 p.m. Tickets a non-anarchistic...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: Stage | 7/8/1977 | See Source »

...Collection, your basic agony-of-modern-life Pinter one-act, continues at the Charles St. Meetinghouse on Tuesday and Thursday. Curtain at 8 p.m., tickets...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: Stage | 7/8/1977 | See Source »

...Your Cat Is Dead, more black humor, continues at the Boston Repertory Theater, One Boylston St., Boston. Curtain at 8:08 p.m., except on Saturday (6 and 9:30 p.m.) and Sunday (3 and 8:08 p.m.). Tickets...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: Stage | 7/8/1977 | See Source »

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