• But unlike some other kissa, where the music takes a backseat to socialising or doing business, this smoky Tokyo institution brings in a crowd of serious listeners, and every chair in the cafe is set up facing the stage.

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  • The theatre at Fort Monmouth was secluded and cheap, but not nearly large enough for the crew to set up the full travelling stage, with all the proper lights, risers, ramps, and sound system.

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  • The race will finish in a parking lot outside Petco Park and a post-race concert featuring the Psychedelic Furs will be held in the ballpark, with the stage set up near the first-base line.

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  • The second stage will, as the special committee gets set up and begins to take on the task of putting forward a proposal -- we obviously believe that -- and I think most people believe that the issues that remain to be addressed here are entitlement reform and tax reform.

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  • The stage was being set up especially for the Radiohead concert, Vella said.

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  • In the aftermath of the game, as the stage for the awarding of the Lombardi Trophy was being set up, Manning hurriedly scanned the field for Tuck.

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  • The Leveson inquiry was set up to examine media culture, practice and ethics, with the first stage examining relationships the press has with public, politicians and police.

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  • At another, the band set up a drum machine and weighed down the keys of a synthesizer before leaving the stage.

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  • They were beaten at the semi-final stage two seasons ago when Warrington won 39-26 to set up the first of their successive Wembley finals.

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  • To make matters worse, Germany is even reluctant to share more sovereignty when it comes to allowing the ECB to start supervising its banks -- in particular its weaker regional lenders known as the Landesbanken - as the first stage in plans to set up a banking union across Europe.

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  • He was present at a meeting between the festival's first director, the late Jed Williams, and the committee which set up the festival, and his former group, the Mike Harries Band, were the first to perform on stage at the founding event.

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  • The stage had been set, and now it was up to Sigi Schmid and his players to deliver on the hype.

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  • When John Edwards decided to give up his Senate seat to run for vice president, it set the stage for a hard-fought race between Bowles and Burr.

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  • The stage is set, Grice says, for a permanent step up in grain prices, just as oil prices jumped following the 1973 Arab oil embargo.

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  • And don't worry if your theatre trivia is not up to scratch, each item is clearly labelled with details of the stage it set.

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  • Having equity crowdfunders come into the market and fill the gap created by sophisticated investors passing on these later stage, larger deals would set investors up for failure, and should be avoided.

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  • Waits took to the stage dressed in a Chaplinesque suit, delivering his set from a slightly raised platform that gave up a cloud of dust each time he bashed his feet into it.

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