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...previous century had seen such a potent interaction between the arts and technology. You have to go back to the invention of the printing press in the 1450s to find anything comparable. Now, seemingly overnight, machines and electronics were transforming virtually everything. Photography, an important 19th century invention, became almost a different medium in the 1920s and '30s with the combination of high-quality, handheld cameras, film on an advanceable roll, and the flashbulb. Photographers were free to roam the fields and streets. They could cover crimes and wars. Soft, pretty pictures gave way to a more spontaneous, realistic style...
...wasn't until 1925 that Rodgers and Hart had a major hit. They wrote the songs for a lighthearted revue called The Garrick Gaieties. Its Manhattan was an overnight success, and the legendary partnership was flying at last. Such songs as The Lady Is a Tramp, Dancing on the Ceiling, My Heart Stood Still and Blue Moon etched the duo a permanent place in theater history...
...process of democracy is not something thatcan be completed overnight," he said. "We don'twant what happened to Eastern Europe to happen inChina...
...sponsor something overnight," she says. "We can look at an issue and take action the next day, which is something a lot of student organizations...
...Londonderry, brings mothers and children from her area to join in a weekend in the country with mothers and kids from Tullyally, a Protestant area. The talk is generally nonpolitical, but, says McKeever, "it's really all about the future. I can't lose my fears and suspicions overnight. Maybe I never can, but how can my son grow up to hate someone he had such a good time playing with...