Word: theater
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...found himself locked in silent combat with a sense of escalating dread. Over breakfast and as he walked to work through Brooklyn's shattered Brownsville section, the power of positive thinking had kept the terror at bay: tonight he'd be making his singing debut at Harlem's Apollo Theater, and that was obviously something to worry about. But the venue shouldn't matter to a real pro, he told himself over and over. If a man hits the right notes in the shower, he can do the same thing in front of 1,500 people. Tonight was amateur night...
...until 1985, the Apollo was a shuttered reminder of Harlem's faded grandeur. The problem was simple economics. By the mid-'70s, big-name acts wanted so much money that it was impossible to squeeze a worthwhile profit out of the "small" 1,500-seat auditorium. Until the theater's closing, Cooper's amateurs still packed 'em in, but on most other evenings, the place was dead and empty...
HOWEVER. Jackson doesn't stack up very well in a comparison with Eisenhower, lke was a tremendously popular and well-known war hero who had demonstrated his administrative abilities--first as the commander of the allied troops in the European Theater during World War II, and later as head of NATO troops...
...work that the Citystep instructors put in with the three individual classes from September to May is geared towards a massive, dramatic dance production held in April. This year's show, entitled Where Go Our Feet?, will be performed on the Loeb Theater Mainstage on Friday, Saturday and Sunday...
...Secretary of Education, William Bennett, voiced these concerns with customary verve when he spoke at Sanders Theater in October 1986. "Where are our colleges and universities," he asked, "on the issue of their responsibility to foster moral discernment in their students? With the exception of a relatively few places--mostly religious or military institutions--higher education is silent." When asked about efforts such as the moral reasoning courses in the Core Curriculum, he replied: "That's about [moral] dilemmas, lifeboat stuff. I don't mean theory. I meant getting drugs off campus." Alas, the debate was never squarely joined...