Word: artisans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...having grave problems. Early 19th century pianos-not much sturdier than the delicate harpsichord-were collapsing, with great snapping of strings, beneath his monumental assault. Why not, some Viennese friends suggested, try a new piano called the Bösendorfer? The instrument, first made in 1828 by an Austrian artisan named Ignaz Bösendorfer, stood up to Liszt's crashing octaves, and the composer delightedly gave it his official endorsement. This month the venerable piano company celebrated its 150th anniversary with a series of piano recitals and a gala concert at the Musikverein hall in Vienna...
Members of Red Brigades "columns," rather like Communist cells, are urged to establish "a well-defined [false] identity, even in the smallest details." If, for example, a Brigatisto pretends to be an artisan, he "must leave home every day before 8 in the morning and not return before 12:30 in the afternoon, leave again at 2 p.m. and return home at 7 p.m. or later." As the manual puts it: "The role assumed must be carefully studied, so that any irregularities in one's behavior can be explained." Militants should never write down phone numbers, even in code...
...McLaughlin renaissance period began without its chief artisan, co-captain Steve Irion. The loss of the squad's leading scorer and rebounder to knee surgery wreaked havoc with a potentially explosive frontline...
...cataloguing the pieces from each location, the scientists ran their data through a series of computer programs designed by Physicist turned Archaeologist George Cowgill of Brandeis University. These enable them to determine, for example, if a particular site was the home of a priest, the quarters of an artisan, or the shop of a merchant, and to figure out how the city evolved...
...Artisan's Revival was organized to sell hand-made objects, primarily to tourists...