Word: ironization
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Nowhere is the turnaround more visible than at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, where Ardis Krainik, a former actress, chorister and secretary turned iron- fisted administrator, is today running one of the country's most successful and innovative mainstream companies. Since 1981, when she succeeded the late Carol Fox as general director of the Lyric, Krainik, 64, has presided over a string of seasons notable not only for their high musical quality, formidable star power and adventurous repertory, but also for their happy balance sheets and sold-out houses. "Rudolf Bing ((the late general manager of the Metropolitan Opera)) once...
...taste for Asiatic art, Morgan has decorated the room with Asian screens and blue china bric-a-brac. The overall affect is stunning. The second act set is even better, a gorgeous country garden complete with white lawn furniture and overhanging trees. A profusion of flowers cover the black iron gates and the interior of the third set can be glimpsed through one door. If the third set, a dark oak library with men in armor and a glass domed roof, seems slightly less inventive, it is possibly because our eyes have become numbed by the magnificence that preceded...
...attack I've made at the art of page layout up until this point, and let me tell you, figuring out where this or that belongs on your average 14x21 page of newspaper and how to put it there is about as tough to me as hitting a one-iron. Let's just say we've all got plenty to learn...
That metaphor, by the way, about the one-iron...you're dealing with a couple of guys well-versed in some of the sports we'll be covering. Howard Cosell once wrote a book called "I Never Played The Game," but we hope to prove that journalism and personal experience at a higher level than sandlot football can mesh on the sports page. Sean played high school basketball, football and baseball, and David likewise dabbled in varsity baseball and soccer...