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Word: pledgers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...actually mulling a rough plan. The plan, first proposed by city officials last spring: build a new Metropolitan Opera House as part of a general face-lifting project for Manhattan's Columbus Circle. George Sloan, Met board chairman, announced that the board now has a pledge (pledger unnamed) for 40% of the land cost (about $1,250,000), said he was confident the remaining 60% could be raised. Next question: Where to get $15 million for a new opera house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Dreams at the Met | 8/6/1951 | See Source »

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