Word: tryout
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...like figure skating. Points are deducted for technical mistakes in the conversations during which prospectives are evaluated by members. The deductions can be huge. One candidate received a "black ball" from a club member because he "spilled malt on my leg at the turkey shoot--the first round tryout to get into the club...
...very exciting to be able to get in on the ground floor of something very special and unique," Shereen Samonds, the Silver Bullets' general manager, told the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel after a tryout in that city. "Since I took this job I have been getting calls from all over the country wanting to know how to get involved...
Money has nothing to do with the failures of the plot, revamped in incident but not much in basic devices since its disastrous 1990 Washington tryout. While the first act twists and surprises, the bland second act feels eternal...
...July, a team from Germany is flying me over for a tryout," said Luzak. "If things go well, I could stay in Germany for three, maybe even four or five years...
What's onstage, however, is anything but stuffy. In a tryout last July at California's La Jolla Playhouse, the first act moved like a rocket, while the second act sputtered. So composer-lyricist Pete Townshend and director Des McAnuff rewrote the libretto again, added new music and clarified -- purists would say changed -- the underlying message. Now the whole production hurtles forward with visual excitement and emotional clout worthy of the score...