Word: thirdly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Titian's had, almost anything went -remnants of international mannerism. Venetian color, quotations from Roman or Flemish Baroque, borrowings from the new realism of Caravaggio and his great Spanish follower, Ribera. The city was visited by geniuses, like the young Rubens; but its art colony consisted mainly of third-rate painters turning out ragged marsh peasants, holy Virgins with the rolling eyeballs of mad colts, and wardrobe-like, impermeable nudes...
...Francisco Opera an Italian tenor named Luciano Pavarotti was singing the role of Rodolfo in La Bohème, Suddenly, midway through the third act, the entire theater seemed to rumble and shudder. Chandeliers began swaying. Members of the audience stood up in confusion; some bolted for the exits. "What is happening?" Pavarotti hissed to the prompter between phrases. "Terremoto?earthquake!" the prompter breathed back. Pavarotti gripped the hand of his Mimi, Soprano Dorothy Kirsten, a little more tightly, but kept on singing at full voice and never missed a beat. The earthquake drew to a peaceful conclusion...
...increases to help protect pensioners against rising prices. During the next three years, workers under 62 who retire after 30 years on the job will get $800 a month to start. Then they will get two in creases in the first year and further boosts in the second and third year. At the end of the contract these retired workers could be receiving as much as $935, or 33.5% more than the present pension level. Pensioners already retired would also get raises, depending on age, length of service and when they left work. A retiree now receiving $700 a month...
...plan is intended to prove that Chrysler can be brought back to financial health and is thus eminently deserving of federal aid. The document outlines a five-year strategy. Although President Lee lacocca had said earlier that Chrysler's third-quarter deficit would be "at least double" the $207 million that it reported for the second quarter, bringing the cumulative red ink for the year to about $800 million, the report projected that the total 1979 loss would come to a truly scary $1.073 billion on revenues of $12.4 billion. The company expects to lose another $482 million next...
...When American companies go in to help countries recover from wars and learn to thrive in peace, it's a pretty tough diplomatic act to beat." So said Robert Strauss last week on his third trip to Israel and Egypt since being appointed President Carter's special Middle East envoy last April. This time the shuttling Texan took with him eleven U.S.businessmen. His aim: to foster the sort of investment in the area that would help to cement the Camp David agreements with tangible economic benefits...