Word: line
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...keyboard. There was Beethoven's Fidelio, also first produced in Vienna with the composer presiding, in 1805. From the 20th century there were Salome and Ariadne auf Naxos, the latter premiered in Vienna in 1916 and both composed by one of the State Opera's long line of distinguished directors, Richard Strauss...
...Viennese tradition, after all, is made up of a succession of creative figures who transformed it even as they were perpetuating it. Mahler once burst out to his recalcitrant colleagues: "What you theater people call your tradition is nothing but your comfort and your laziness." Maazel seems prepared to line up with Mahler when he says: "Opera has to be renewed constantly. I shall not hesitate to break with tradition to maintain the excellence of this company...
...bailout plan comes with strict conditions attached, and it must also be approved by Congress, which will probably go along but may attach further limitations. Even so, the news cheered Chrysler's management, which is counting on a line of fuel-efficient, front-wheel-drive cars due to appear next year to spearhead a reversal of the company's decade-long slide and return it to solid profitability by 1981. Said lacocca after the Administration's announcement: "It's a vote of confidence we needed." Added Auto Workers Chief Douglas Fraser, who is joining Chrysler...
...OPEC nations go, so go the countries that pump the approximately 40% of the free world crude that is not under the cartel's control: last week both Britain and Canada moved toward higher prices that will keep the cost of their oil in line with, or even a little ahead of, what OPEC is currently getting...
...balance, deregulation has led to improved service. Scheduled carriers have added flights at more than 100 cities, and 35 carriers began serving 231 routes that had not previously been flown by lines that had permission to use them. In addition, 32 carriers have taken advantage of a rule that allows each line to begin flying one new route each year without having to get the Civil Aeronautics Board's assent. Insists United Airlines Chairman Richard Ferris: "About 98% of the traveling public has as much or more service available today than a year...