Word: adventism
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Gangs are an old, established ghetto institution in Philadelphia; indeed some of them claim an identity that goes back 40 years, and some have been at war with the same opponent for as long as 30 years. But the advent of guns in large quantities in the late '60s changed the character of corner warfare and sent the hazards and the casualties zooming. Oddly enough, the guns have also served to reduce the scale of the actual combat, and all out melees between two gangs-West Side Story style-are now rare...
...newspapers stubbornly have refused to surrender their place in the sun. And with the advent of Watergate scandal, the dimensions of which were unearthed only after months of aggressive investigative news reporting, the importance of print journalism has been validated once again...
...during the next decade combined a regular radio show (Camel Caravan) with as many as 200 one-night stands a year. Though his voice was dubbed the "Million-Dollar Monotone" by critics, the debonair showman remained a starring attraction until the '50s when, with the advent of rock 'n' roll, he abandoned the big bands for smaller nightclub combos catering to quieter audiences...
...which will mean $45 to $58 more per month. There are almost 9,000 married women in the services (out of a total of 48,707), but it is not yet clear how many will be affected by the ruling. The Pentagon declares, however, that it welcomes the advent of Army husbands...
...golden days of the 1930s when Toscanini led the New York Philharmonic, Stokowski the Philadelphia and Koussevitzky the Boston. In recent years, only George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra have approached the august virtuosity, combustible power and quartet-like intimacy that Solti has established with the Chicago Symphony The advent of Solti in Chicago, as he himself puts it with characteristic bluntness, "was like awakening the sleeping princess." At age 60, Solti may be forgiven for depicting himself as Prince Charming for the simple reason that almost everyone agrees with...