Word: modernize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...opening ceremonies over, the assembly got down to business in the shiny, modern auditorium of Bonn's Pedagogical Institute. What followed was as refreshing an exhibition of parliamentary vigor as Europe had had in years. Up rose portly Socialist Carlo Schmid to pledge his party's cooperation with the Christian Democrats (who hold a slight majority). In the past, the Social Democrats had fought the Christian Democrats tooth & nail in every election; but the Berlin airlift had galvanized both parties into common enthusiasm and common sense...
...chief contribution that the Mexican muralists (Orozco, Siqueiros and Rivera) made to modern art, Chariot thinks, was in emphasizing "communal" painting, simple and clear in theme, instead of individual expression. "Perhaps," he says, "Mexico will point Europe back to the forgotten way." In Colorado, Charlot has put his own students to work on a gigantic fresco of the fall of Jericho, to "keep them, out of mischief for months at a time, and help them understand that teamwork is important and that originality is not all-important...
...ancient Romans had an imaginative treatment for alcoholics: a live eel in a cup of wine. Forced to drink this lively cocktail, the tippler would presumably be disgusted by all future potations. Modern doctors are still using a variation of this old cure. Latest results on a remarkably large number of patients were reported last week in the New England Journal of Medicine. An alcoholic is given an injection of emetine* (a nauseating drug derived from ipecac). Just before he vomits, he downs a glass of his favorite drink. After several such experiences, the patient begins to detest the taste...
...Junk the gingerbread monstrosity on 39th Street and build a modern opera house, equipped with the last word in mechanical, electrical and acoustical stage devices...
...much would it cost to build a modern opera house and restage the entire repertory? Billy's guess: $20,000,000. His proposed test question for every Met production: "Will it interest a man in the first mezzanine who saw High Button Shoes last night and is going to see Mister Roberts tomorrow night...