Word: landmark
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Chicagoans paid up to $250 a seat to welcome back one of the landmark buildings of U.S. architecture. The marvel of its day, the Auditorium boasted the first central air-conditioning and heating system, the first "convertible theater" (huge ceiling panels dropped down to block off balconies, reducing the house from 4,000 to 3,000 seats) and a stage that could slide out to cover two-thirds of the orchestra. The acoustics were superb. "I would rather sing in the Auditorium than in any other hall in the world," said Tenor John McCormack, and Soprano Nellie Melba wished that...
...creation of any student-Faculty Administration committee at Harvard would be a landmark of some importance. It would be the first time that issues affecting the University as a whole have been tackled by a group representative of the whole. But it is equally important that the specific points raised by Hoffmann not be ignored. There are several suggestions of inconsistency in the University's policy toward campus recruitment; there is also disagreement here about what forms of protest should be accepted; and there are growing indications that, despite Harvard's ban on classified research, the University is more deeply...
Skelm's poverty is reflected in its flat, treeless landscape so characteristic of Lancashire. The air is heavy with dust and the northern wind is harsh. The town's only landmark is the beacon on one of the few hills at the city limits. Visitors are always taken to the beacon to see the fine farmlands to the south and west, the motorway to the east, and the decaying city of Wigan to the north. There is no exit or entrance to the motorway at Skelmersdale...
...contrast to Skelm's flat terrain, Runcorn's landscape is hilly and varied. The Manchester ship canal runs deep nearby with ocean liners and oil tankers: the Bridgewater Canal rolls slowly through the city with motorboats and home-made craft. Runcorn's famous landmark is the castle of King Alfred's daughter, Elfleda, that now looks out upon the rich Cheshire farms to the south and the Liverpool-Runcorn Bridge to the north...
...Indoor sculptures the size of Smoke, Smith thinks, are only a beginning. Says he: "I'm interested in fresh air. You can't really characterize what we've done in the past the way you can recognize the style of ancient Egypt. Our style has no landmark. Until now, the art of our country has been a million styles...