Word: eldorado
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...must cultivate one's own garden. The Dunster House Opera remained true to Voltaire's dictate, with an uncomplicated set made up of a backdrop representing the blue sky and two poles upon which various objects were hung as an indication of place. (For example, when Candide journeyed through Eldorado, the city of infinite riches, golden streamers were hung from the poles.) The actors used large wooden blocks as chairs, ships, tables and basically anything else that had to be constructed for the musical. Although on the small side, the stage never felt overcrowded at all, since the only objects...
...plenty more candidates for the boneyard. Who would miss, say, the puny Chevy Metro, the unfashionable Buick Riviera or that boat on wheels the Cadillac Eldorado, outmoded cars that drain marketing resources. The Oldsmobile division, whose eroding customer base has put it on GM's hit list since the 1992 restructuring, still breathes...
...model was a best seller, and as the 1950s progressed, the fins proliferated. They appeared on Oldsmobiles, on Buicks, on Chryslers, with Fords finally sprouting them in 1957. The fins, fickle as Paris hemlines, grew wide and high, rising to 40 in. off the ground on the '59 Cadillac Eldorado...
Even before it was open, the stadium gave a jump start to the local hotel-casino scene: it eased the way for operators Eldorado and Circus Circus to build the new $380 million Silver Legacy, which opened in July only a block away. A raft of expansion projects are under way, just completed or about to begin at existing hotel-casinos Eldorado, Fitzgerald's, Peppermill and Harrah's, adding hundreds of new hotel rooms. The dusty downtown streets are crowded with construction equipment...
...Band, small group and Afro-Cuban -- these 40 wondrous cuts show Dizzy setting the pace for some fast company, including Stan Getz, Charlie Parker and Bud Powell. The Big Band material blasts, the small-group sides jump, and the Afro-Cuban tunes sound drivingly modern. Dizzy is an Eldorado that never runs on empty...