Word: metropolitan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...combination, which could be used in any metropolitan area, avoids what Sert calls the "sprawl or squeeze" alternatives. This refers to the tendencies of cities to become either extremely spread out or extremely crowded...
...move to shorten delivery time, the collection hour for mail on Sundays and holidays has been changed from 6:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Boston area. The administration of the District Operating Office of Metropolitan Boston ordered the change so that the Sunday mail could be sorted in time to be picked up by earlier trains and planes...
Manhattan's Victorian, red-and-gilt Metropolitan Opera House was transformed one night last week into a nightmarish, shriekingly demented world of sight and sound. The occasion: the Met's long overdue production of Wozzeck, by the late, famed atonalist, Alban Berg. It was one of the great nights in Met history...
...series of guest appearances with the Chicago and San Francisco Operas, he has been treated to a steady chorus of critical huzzas. His recording of The Girl of the Golden West (with Tebaldi for London) has been lavishly praised. Currently, he is negotiating a contract with the Metropolitan...
Divorced. By Brenda Lewis (real name: Birdie Solomon), 38, handsome soprano of the Metropolitan Opera: Simon Asen, 48, conductor; after 15 years of marriage, two children; in Sunbury...