Originally used in Baker House to signify the Ivy League university tradition, on his return to Finland Aalto used it in a number of key buildings, in particular, in several of the buildings in the new Helsinki University of Technology campus ( starting in 1950 ), Säynatsalo Town Hall ( 1952 ), Helsinki Pensions Institute ( 1954 ), Helsinki House of Culture ( 1958 ), as well as in his own summer house, the so-called Experimental House in Muuratsalo ( 1957 ).

The demand for unissued Holly material was so great that Norman Petty resorted to overdubbing whatever he could find: alternate takes of studio recordings, originally rejected masters, " Crying, Waiting, Hoping " and the other five 1959 tracks ( adding new surf-guitar arrangements ), and even Holly's amateur demos from 1954 ( where the low-fidelity vocals are often muffled behind the new orchestrations ).

Along with revitalization came many changes, including the closing of the Great Western sugar factory in 1955, and a new city charter, adopting a council-manager form of government in 1954.

" In 1947, he took eleven songs George had written but never used, provided them with new lyrics, and incorporated them into the Betty Grable film The Shocking Miss Pilgrim and he later wrote comic lyrics for Billy Wilder's movie Kiss Me, Stupid -- although most critics believe his final major work was for the 1954 Judy Garland film, A Star Is Born ).

Greenberg is widely known for his development of a new classification system for the languages of Africa, which he published as a series of articles in the Southwestern Journal of Anthropology from 1949 to 1954 ( reprinted together as a book in 1955 ).

In 1954 plans were developed for a new Western District Office at Rathbone Place, which required a diversion, opening in 1958.

In 1954, Mobil introduced a new and improved Mobilgas Special in response to trends toward new automobiles powered by high-compression engines that demanded higher and higher octane gasolines.

Although some of the basic workings of the theory were proposed and identified by Mayr in 1954, historians of science generally recognize the 1972 paper by Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould as the foundational document of the new paleobiological research program.

Rock and roll appeared at a time when racial tensions in the United States were entering a new phase, with the beginnings of the civil rights movement for desegregation, leading to the Supreme Court ruling that abolished the policy of " separate but equal " in 1954, but leaving a policy which would be extremely difficult to enforce in parts of the United States.

However, it wasn't until he prepared a demo in 1954, that caught the attention of Specialty Records, that the world would start to hear his new, uptempo, funky rhythm and blues that would catapult him to fame in 1955 and help define the sound of rock ' n ' roll.

In 1954, the Eisenhower administration concurred with the new focus, with the President expressing a preference for military over civilian targets.

The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity is a new religious movement founded in South Korea in 1954 by the late Sun Myung Moon.

Adjustable spanner from 1954 with improved handle and new jaw angle of 15 degrees ( BAHCO ) 5.

The name " bonobo " first appeared in 1954, when Tratz and Heck proposed it as a new and separate generic term for pygmy chimpanzees.

They resisted it in numerous ways and sought better opportunities through lawsuits, new organizations, political redress, and labor organizing ( see the African-American Civil Rights Movement ( 1896 – 1954 )).

Haley hired several new musicians to take their place: Rudy Pompilli on sax, Al Rex ( a former member of the Saddlemen ) on double bass, and Ralph Jones on drums ; in addition, lead guitarist Franny Beecher, who had been a session musician for Haley since Cedrone's death in the fall of 1954, became a full-time Comet and Haley's first performing lead guitarist.

The new airport — named Ferryfield — opened on 14 July 1954, after six months ' work costing £ 400, 000.

* 1954 – Texaco adds the detergent additive Petrox to its " Sky Chief " gasoline, which was also souped up with higher octane to meet the antiknock needs of new cars with high-compression engines.

A restoration project began in 1954 and a new chapel was dedicated in 1955.

In the United States, and some other allied nations, 11 November was formerly known as Armistice Day ; in the United States it was given its new name in 1954 at the end of the Korean War to honor all veterans.

When his career took him to London in 1954 after his provincial apprenticeship, his agent informed him that there was already a Michael Scott performing as an actor in London and that he had to come up with a new name immediately.

His two-part campaign paid off when the " new " ABC hit the air on October 27, 1954.

Assuming the editorship himself from 1954 to 1959, Gilmour adopted a libertarian and pro-European outlook, and " enlivened the paper and injected a new element of irreverence, fun and controversy ".

In 1954, Sondheim wrote both music and lyrics for Saturday Night, which was never produced on Broadway and was shelved until a 1997 production at London's Bridewell Theatre.

* White Queen in Alice Through the Looking Glass at the Prince's Theatre, 1954

* Duchess of Pont-au-Bronc in Time Remembered at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith and New Theatre, 1954

Still later, a lease on the Adelphi Theatre on 54th Street and the Ambassador Theatre on West 49th Street gave the network a site for variety shows, and in 1954, the lavish DuMont Tele-Centre opened in the former Jacob Ruppert's Central Opera House at 205 East 67th Street.

Separate Tables had its premiere at the St James's Theatre in London on 22 September 1954.

There were Gilbert and Sullivan seasons at the Savoy Theatre in 1929 – 30, 1932 – 33, 1951, 1954, 1961 – 62, 1975, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003.

* Sally Bowles in I Am a Camera ( John Van Druten ), New Theatre, March 1954

In July 1954, Brel made his first appearance at the prestigious Olympia Theatre in Paris.

It opened at the Theatre de Lys in Greenwich Village on October 18, 1954, and ran for 48 performances.

* Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on Theatre Royal: January 30, 1954

He was repetiteur at the Gärtnerplatz Theatre in Munich in 1952, and made his conducting debut with the operetta Gasparone at Potsdam theatre in 1954.

Robertson's early television appearances include a starring role in the live space opera Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers ( 1953 – 1954 ), as well as recurring roles on Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1952 ), Alcoa Theatre ( 1959 ), and Playhouse 90 ( 1958, 1960 ), The Outlaws ( three episodes as Chad Burns ).

Center Theatre prior to 1954.

When razed in 1954, the Center Theatre was an NBC television studio.

Gielgud quickly rose to the status of being one of the top directors for Binkie Beaumont's H. M. Tennent, Ltd. production company in London's West End Theatre and later on Broadway, his productions including Lady Windermere's Fan ( 1945 ), The Glass Menagerie ( 1948 ), The Heiress ( 1949 ), his own adaptation of The Cherry Orchard ( 1954 ), The Potting Shed ( 1958 ), Five Finger Exercise ( 1959 ), Peter Ustinov's comedy Half Way Up a Tree ( 1967 ), and Private Lives ( 1972 ).

The story was dramatised in 1954 for Lux Radio Theatre, with Rennie and Billy Gray recreating their roles and Jean Peters speaking the dialogue of the Patricia Neal character.

Bergman originally wrote the play Trämålning ( Wood Painting ) in 1953 / 1954 for the acting students of Malmö City Theatre.

* Becky Sharp on Theatre Royal: July 21, 1954

Other post war productions included a live performance of Richard II, directed by Royston Morley and starring Alan Wheatley as Richard and Clement McCallin as Bolingbroke ( 1950 ); a made-for-TV production of Henry V, directed by Royston Morley and Leonard Brett, and starring Clement McCallin as Henry and Marius Goring as the Chorus ( 1951 ); a Sunday Night Theatre made-for-TV production of The Taming of the Shrew, directed by Desmond Davis, and starring Stanley Baker as Petruchio and Margaret Johnston as Katherina ( 1952 ); a television adaptation of John Barton's Elizabethan Theatre Company production of Henry V, starring Colin George as Henry and Toby Robertson as the Chorus ( 1953 ); a live performance of Lionel Harris ' production of The Comedy of Errors starring David Pool as Antipholus of Ephesus and Paul Hansard as Antipholus of Syracuse ( 1954 ); and The Life of Henry the Fifth, the inaugural programme of BBC's new World Theatre series, directed by Peter Dews and starring John Neville as Henry and Bernard Hepton as the Chorus.

The play opened on Broadway on December 8, 1954 at the 46th Street Theatre ( now the Richard Rodgers Theatre ), less than a year after the publication of the novel.