Open Era

Open era or Open Era may refer to:

  • Open Era (tennis), the period since 1968 where professionals can compete in Grand Slams
  • Glasnost era, the increased openness in the Soviet Union from the mid-1980s

Open era or wide-open era, may also refer to:

  • Open range era of the American Old West when cattle were allowed to roam freely in many states
  • Early 20th century in many U.S. communities when gambling, prostitution, and/or other vices were tolerated by local governments. Among these communities were:
    • Galveston, Texas
    • Hot Springs, Arkansas

Famous quotes containing the words open and/or era:

    “Oh! joyous hearts! enfired with holy flame!
    Is speech thus tasseled with praise?
    Will not your inward fire of joy contain:
    That it in open flames doth blaze?
    For in Christ’s coach saints sweetly sing,
    As they to glory ride therein.”
    —Edward Taylor (1645–1729)

    “This, my first [bicycle] had an intrinsic beauty. And it opened for me an era of all but flying, which roads emptily crossing the airy, gold-gorsy Common enhanced. Nothing since has equalled that birdlike freedom.”
    —Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)