Word: pitted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Punch's caption: "A WELL-EARNED REWARD" "The Good Fairy, Britannia (to the Principal Boy)- "AND NOW TO PLEASE THE STALLS, THE PIT AND GALLERY, "ALLOW ME TO PRESENT A RISE OF SALARY...
...program bore the announcement: "Personal Appearance of Charlie Chaplin. The dadaists will pull their hair out in public." Neither event occurred, nor did such promised attractions as the first performance of Symphonic Vaseline by Tristan Tzara to be played by an orchestra of 20. Instead, young conservatives in the pit turned dadaists themselves, hurled tomatoes and hunks of raw meat (procured from a nearby butcher shop) at the stage while the dadaists volleyed back the missiles with delighted gusto. The owner of the building, Mme Gaveau, shouted furious protests from...
...week he mounted the conductor's stand and, before 5,000 people in the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium, guided the new Hollywood Grand Opera Association through its first presentation, Aïda. Except for the moment when four terrified white horses seemed ready to jump into the orchestra pit, the opera proceeded without a hitch and made San Francisco's grizzled Conductor Alfred Hertz exclaim: "He showed a mastery of musical forces quite unusual at his early age. He has quite a career ahead...
...minimum of opportunities are encouraged to improve their minds and bodies in an atmosphere of social cleanliness cannot be exaggerated. It is one of the few forms of practical training that college life can offer. In social work a man tests his power of leadership, his ability to pit his ideas against keen, youthful opposition, and his skill in solving complex problems. It is valuable self-education, broadening an individual's social knowledge and directing his thinking into channels unrelated to himself...
...center ring the emperor of one sixth of the world kneels before a twice-divorced charmer from the southland, while on either side the lords temporal and spiritual beat their breasts in dismay, the American press makes the cables blush, and there is distinct teeth gnashing in the orchestra pit. Last week the Communist Party investigated reports that Mrs. Simpson was pro-fascist, but the situation is losing its farcical nature, and certain events show that England's ruling class is profoundly disturbed...