Word: nov
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years and $10 million later, the repair work is almost finished, and Nov. 5 has been announced as the opening date. All winter, the ticket stampede was on: a total of 7,000 applications arrived for the 1,658 seats. From the U.S. came pleas backed by blank checks; others offered as much as $500 for one ticket. The problem of choosing the fortunate first-nighters became an affair of state. The Cabinet held special sessions. Finally, the question was settled in a fine, Habsburg-style compromise : the government decreed three "first nights." The first will be Don Giovanni, actually...
Next night, the formal Nov. 5 opening will present Beethoven's Fidelia, with tickets at a feudal 5,000-schilling ($192) top, to be followed by another Don Giovanni the night after that. Last week singers were rehearsing on the new stage, gilders were applying the last touches of gold leaf to the auditorium, and the occupying powers seemed to be doing their best to comply with Chancellor Julius Raab's special plea: please leave the country before opening night...
...some sufferers from rheumatoid arthritis, so often disappointed by over-optimistic claims for new treatments, there was good news. First, favorable impressions of the value of a new steroid, Meticorten (TIME, Nov. 15), have been confirmed, reported the Public Health Service's Dr. Joseph J. Bunim. The drug is five times as powerful as cortisone or hydrocortisone. Main trouble: the drug also causes unwelcome side effects, must be used under strict medical care...
World War II: As commander of Destroyer Squadron 23, the "Little Beavers," he fought 22 actions in the Pacific between Nov. 1, 1943 and Feb. 23, 1944. His command was credited with destroying one Jap cruiser, nine destroyers, one submarine, one auxiliary vessel, one cargo vessel, one minelayer, four barges and 30 enemy planes. Each time he got an order for movement, he gave the same reply: "Proceeding at 31 knots." Later, he became chief of staff to Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher, planned and executed carrier attacks on Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Tokyo. Twice the flagship was hit, and twice...
...Naval Reserve Officers' Training programs include both college and non-college men. By applying to the Chief of Naval Personnel before Nov. 15 of his senior year, a high-school senior can become a candidate under the Holloway Plan, which is designed to train officers for the Navy and Marine Corps as a supplement to Annapolis. Of the 23,000 who applied last November, only 1,800 students and 200 men from the fleet were accepted. These men get $50 a month during school term and midshipmen's pay on summer cruises...