Word: modern
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Pennsylvania's deficiencies, the fact is that most state governments are no better suited to deal with the complexities of modern U.S. life (among the exceptions are the most populous states, California and New York), and a number are much worse off. Though the plight of the nation's cities is more dramatic this summer, the states constitute a grave weakness in the U.S. system...
Crack the Whip. Deftly alternating fast and slow motion, blackouts, flashbacks and stop action (mostly eye-popping closeups of female posteriors and anteriors), Kelly in effect has choreographed the film along the lines of a fast-paced modern dance. He enlivened one terpsy-turvy scene, for example, by having Art Carney prance after his mistress like an oversexed peacock...
Cardillac was the 18th modern opera produced by Santa Fe General Director John O. Crosby, 41, since he founded the troupe ten years ago. For a while, in the glare of last week's fire, it also looked like the last. All of the company's orchestral scores and most of its costumes were burned, along with the Cardillac sets. But before the ashes had cooled, Crosby was calmly laying plans to rebuild his theater and making arrangements to continue the season on a reduced scale. Two days later, the company was back in business with a. performance...
Anticipating growing competition, Aeolian in 1951 moved Ivers & Pond south to Memphis and built the company's largest and most modern piano plant. It was close to the supply of high-grade wood, opened untapped markets, and, for a while at least, labor costs were considerably lower. Nevertheless, even a low-priced piano takes about six weeks to manufacture, while a more expensive one can take up to six months. As President Henry R. Heller Jr.-the grandson of the company's co-founder-puts it: "We can mass-produce to a point, but when you reach...
...privilege of whizzing along no-speed-limit German autobahns at 100 m.p.h. and more. "BMW drivers drive like hell," says a company official. The drivers include Actor Peter Ustinov, Politicians Franz-Josef Strauss and Rainer Barzel, as well as the Swiss police. Above all, a widening circle of modern Germans on the go, professional men and young executives embrace it as the "Auto for Men," their symbol of class and style...