Word: stage
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Since those paragraphs were written, the concept of TIME has grown and deepened. The world TIME reports in 1943 is a world whose knaves and good men, fools and heroes play their parts on a stage whose backdrop is literally life-and-death. In reporting this grave new world TIME still hews to its original line: we have not changed our axe but sharpened it. With 55 writers, 58 researchers, 22 branch offices and 201 correspondents all over the world, obviously we should be able to do a much better job for you than our four full-time editors...
...rehearsal as the goes through his specialities; the 50 and 100 yard free style events. The rest of the squad will be likely to see somewhat stiffer events, as they prepare to try out their somewhat ragged Ivy League record of two wins and three losses. The Jayvees will stage a tussle with the Boston Boys Club before the bigger boys take...
...reunited with his father at the ticket window. The two rented a store, fitted it up with 700 kitchen chairs, put on 15 shows a day of assorted vaudeville and one-reelers. "So we wouldn't lose a show, we fed the actors right on the stage, throwing a baby spot on a steak, while the audience cheered...
Prologues and Premeers. From the start in Hollywood, Grauman concocted enormously successful madcapitalist "innovations." One of these was having movie stars make personal appearances. Another was the "prologue," the ancestor of today's stage show. The most famous and flamboyant was the "premeer"-the klieg-lighted, red-carpeted opening night, when crowds lined the streets for miles, cameras clicked, searchlights stabbed the heavens, movie stars drove up in state and were, one by one, escorted into the theater by Grauman himself...
...suggestion has been made to all S-I's that they take advantage of the next war Sunday to stage a bicycle trip into the country-side around Cambridge. Last Sunday, such a jaunt was taken by several members of the School and pronounced a grand success...