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  • Cineplex Odeon is now the largest motion picture chain in North America with 1,400 theatres in 460 locations.

    Observations of a Canadian Multinational: the U.S. Experience 1986

  • The square in front of the Odeon was a splash of white and the collonade a blur of darkness as the cab swerved round the corner and along the edge of the Luxembourg, where, through the black iron fence, many brown and reddish colors in the intricate patterns of leafless twigs opened here and there on statues and balustrades and vistas of misty distances.

    Three Soldiers John Dos Passos 1933

  • [FOOTNOTE: It appeared in a serial publication entitled Odeon, which was described on the title-page as: Ausgewahlte grosse Concertstucke fur verschiedene Instrumente (Selected Grand Concert-Pieces for different instruments).]

    Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888

  • The great theatre of Dionysus was completed, and to it was added a new one, called the Odeon, for musical and poetical representations.

    Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Charles Morris 1877

  • About the platform of the Odeon are the marble busts of the great composers; and while the orchestra is giving some of

    The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • About the platform of the Odeon are the marble busts of the great composers; and while the orchestra is giving some of Beethoven's masterpieces, I like to fix my eyes on his serious and genius-full face, which seems cognizant of all that is passing, and believe that he has a posthumous satisfaction in the interpretation of his great thoughts.

    Saunterings Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • The theatre, called the Odeon, was erected in Athens for musical and poetical contests.

    Ancient States and Empires John Lord 1852

  • It is five o'clock, I have just come from Pont de l'Arche, and I am going to the Odeon, which is three miles from here; it seems to me that the Odeon is three miles from every spot in Paris, for no matter where you live, you are never near the Odeon!

    The Cross of Berny Jules Sandeau 1847

  • At that time the Odeon was the West Midlands premier venue to see all of the big acts of the day.

    Word Magazine - Comments higginsonm 2009

  • At that time the Odeon was the West Midlands premier venue to see all of the big acts of the day.

    Word Magazine - Comments hello_its_campers 2009

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