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Samuel Johnson called opera "an exotic and irrational entertainment," and maybe it was in 18th century London. There is nothing exotic about the opera boom in America today. In such cities as Omaha, Dallas and even Moorhead, N. Dak., regional companies have taken root, resulting in innovative and exciting operatic activity...
Many U.S. airlines may be hurting domestically, but on international flights business is beginning to bloom-and boom. Americans are clamoring for tickets to most of their favorite old haunts, especially those in Europe and the Caribbean, along with some new ones as well...
Many U.S. travel agents think that the real boom in foreign travel will not come until late summer or fall. Right now, says one New York agent, people are deciding to go abroad on the spur of the moment. Some travelers may have been reluctant to plan trips in advance for fear that the dollar would not hold up well. But several airlines, including TWA and Air France, expect a rush of travelers later this year, after the summer tourists return home and start boasting about the bargains they found...
...building boom that began shortly after that dinner has been dubbed "Renaissance...
...m.p.h. onto the flight deck past the last of the arresting cables and caromed some 500 ft., its right wing lopping chunks off parked jets along the way. Finally it rammed broadside into a "six pack" of fueled F-14 Tomcat fighters. "There was just one big boom," recalled Naval Aviation Technician Dale Stewart, 19. "It all happened so fast. All you could see was flying pieces of aircraft." Said Petty Officer Richard Elkin: "There were screams of pain everywhere...