Overwhelmingly, the theatre of war struck Keane as being like a film set.

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Meantime, rural Bolivar has become a theatre of war.

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They dispute Sri Lanka's assertion that the role of the army has been scaled back in the former theatre of war in the north, and want UN member states to subject the country's government to tough scrutiny.

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The Pentagon feared the frequency structure being demanded by Brussels in the so-called Upper L Band between 1559 and 1591MHz could have prevented American commanders from degrading navigation data in the theatre of war to all but their own forces, as is possible at present.

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Among them, Veterans of the Arctic Convoys to Russia from 1942-1944 want a Star for the Arctic to be awarded - similar to the recognition given to personnel in Italy and Africa - on the basis that this comprised a distinct and dangerous theatre of war in its own right.

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In 1969 the Chicago Seven, on trial for violently demonstrating against the violence of war, turned the courtroom into an agit-prop theatre, a commercial for the counter-culture of the time.

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Built in 1930, it was the city's only pre-World War II theatre in an urban area and enjoyed an active heyday of screenings, performances and events.

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Within a six-block radius stood War Memorial Opera House, Herbst Theatre, Davies Symphony Hall and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, all venues used by SFJazz during its 30-year rise from upstart weekend festival to standard-bearing year-round jazz nonprofit.

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