Word: stage
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thanks to a program jointly sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Successful Farming magazine. The program's name: Barn Again! The sponsors offer farmers advice on refurbishing barns, and have presented prizes of up to $1,000 for the best examples. "But they're not just stage sets," says Barn Again! project director Mary Humstone. "They have to have a living, practical...
...been predicting publicly that Congress would not like his courageous proposals, even as he artfully wooed legislators to ensure a warm reception. By the time the new President made his triumphal entrance into the House chamber, beaming and backslapping like a joyful alum at a Yale reunion, the stage was set for the programmatic speech that would boldly launch the Bush Administration...
...year ago, rumors that Brown had a drug problem began to surface. He was arrested last summer for possession of PCP (he claimed his wife had planted the drug on him), illegally carrying a firearm and resisting arrest. He was given a $1,200 fine and ordered to stage a benefit concert for abused children. In September, Brown stormed into an insurance company next door to his office, waving a gun and complaining that strangers were using his bathroom. When the police arrived, Brown sped away in his pickup truck, touching off a high-speed chase through Georgia and South...
Washington has its share of the classical performing arts as well. The Kennedy Center offers concerts, operas, plays and movies at obscenely high prices. Those with a little less money can venture to the Arena Stage, Source or Wooly Mammoth Theaters to find decent plays...
These are unadulterated lies. It took me a mere three hours and forty-five minutes to progress to stage two, and I have a happy face on my ski jacket to prove...