Word: wider
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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THOSE WHO WORRY about the future of opera look to film the way Great Britain viewed the United States during World War I--as a sleeping giant whose enlistment would surely break the stalemate. Harried impresarios hope filmed opera's wider audience will keep money flowing down the gaping drains of the world's international opera houses over the next decades, and end their financial stagnation. The more starry-eyed even suggest film will "restore opera to the masses" in the days of $50 tickets to the Metropolitan Opera...
...ceremonies really took place is uncertain. But unlike most of the Aztec, Maya and Inca treasures, which the Spaniards melted down and shipped back home in the form of ingots, many of the ancient gold objects of the Colombian Indians have survived. Protected by rugged terrain, dispersed over a wider area in many different tribal groupings, the Colombians avoided some of the worst depredations of the European invaders. They also buried their treasures in hidden tombs that escaped detection until recent times...
...trailed Reagan by four percentage points. But in the latest survey, he has regained the lead, 45% to 41%. Similarly, Carter has widened his lead over John Connally from four points in the late summer to 13 points now. Kennedy's advantage over these Republicans is, however, much wider...
...World: "There's that Raquel Welch image they'd like: wide shoulders, slim waists and hips, firm and high breasts." Thirteen years of body building certainly have paid off for Christine Zane. Like Bentley, who dropped from 140 to 108 Ibs., Christine changed drastically: her shoulders got wider and she trimmed inches off her hips. Says she: "I always had a weight problem before I started training. Now I can eat all I want and stay thin...
...North Korean divisions came pouring across the DMZ, the U.S. would almost automatically become involved in another Korean war. At worst, U.S. strategists envision a wider Korean conflict leading to a superpower confrontation between China and the Soviet Union...