Word: curtained
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Those delegates are all arriving now and the show is on the road. The man behind the curtain isn't too worried. "You can't plan for every option or any problem that might come up," Nugen says. "But we have a really crack team, a very talented team with years of convention experience. They've left no detail unturned...
Matthew Bourne is the world's most popular living dance maker. Every night of the year, in some twilit city, the curtain goes up on one of his shows. On his tempestuous, mostly male Swan Lake, the longest-running dance production in London's history and a triple Tony Award winner on Broadway. On The Car Man, his steamy spot-welding of Carmen and The Postman Always Rings Twice. On his bittersweet Nutcracker or his funny, touching Edward Scissorhands...
...freewheeling bus rides with his old buddies in the political press. Gone are the optimistic speeches about serving "a cause greater than our self-interest." The new McCain is tight and focused. The candidate who once invited all comers onto the back of his bus now hangs a curtain on his campaign plane to prevent reporters from even catching a glimpse. Instead of charm and candor, he serves up fastballs. Instead of risk-taking, he seeks control. It's a whole new McCain. "We're going to drill here, and we're going to drill now," he exhorted the crowd...
...student at Berkeley, and I would occasionally take a break from dodging tear gas in Sproul Plaza to usher for plays in the city. It was a good deal: students could spend half an hour helping fat cats find their way to their orchestra seats and, after the curtain went up, take any empty seat for free. Except that the night I saw Hair, the house was full, so the ushers had to sit on the aisle steps in the balcony. Which turned out to be the perfect way to experience the celebrated "tribal rock musical" that brought the communal...
...constitutional interpretation. If Manion is defeated, there could be a domino effect. Waiting in the wings are several other controversial possibilities, including Lino Graglia, a University of Texas law professor who has twice been rejected by the A.B.A. ''The White House has to decide if it wants the curtain to come down on the Reagan judiciary in the second term,'' says McGuigan, urging the Administration to push harder against the increased Senate resistance. One member of that resistance, Illinois Democrat Paul Simon, also sees the Manion battle as critical. ''Those appointed to the federal bench for life,'' he says, ''should...