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Jack Reed: “I would say you have trotted out some impressive statistics about income as a measure of the wealth of these artistic…”

On the recordSeptember 17, 1997
I would say you have trotted out some impressive statistics about income as a measure of the wealth of these artistic enterprises like the Metropolitan, but the other side of the equation is their cost. Many of these institutions, even the famous ones, find it very difficult to make ends meet.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Discussing the financial challenges faced by artistic institutions.

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