dress-rehearsal

In another room Kim helped me change, sending the lackeys away; and quick and to the point was the dress-rehearsal he gave me.

Chapter 15 2010

Well, it was the big one not so long ago, the bill‑topping rugby fixture of the week if not, so far, of the whole season, when all eyes turned to the all-star dress-rehearsal tune-up for the dark blues in readiness for the first week of December's University match.

Singing the blues for rugby's Major event and its men of Steele Frank Keating 2010

This year alone, terrorist bombs have taken lives in Jaipur, in Ahmedabad, in Delhi and (in an eerie dress-rehearsal for the effectiveness of synchronicity) several different places on one searing day in the state of Assam.

Shashi Tharoor: Terrorism in Mumbai: Is It All Over for India? 2009

And we also know that the decision to ship out of town another key prosecution witness occurred not because he was "ill," as prosecutors misleadingly told the court and defense counsel, but rather, because he had performed badly in a mock, dress-rehearsal cross-examination by prosecutors, who decided they would rather not have him testify.

Lanny Davis: Putting Justice Back Into the U.S. Department of Justice 2009

This group of dress-rehearsal superheroes, like the rest of us, never could agree on a functioning moral theory, leaving their “heroic” activity shrouded in layers of ambiguity.

Buzzine » ‘Watchmen’: Take 2 2009

This year alone, terrorist bombs have taken lives in Jaipur, in Ahmedabad, in Delhi and (in an eerie dress-rehearsal for the effectiveness of synchronicity) several different places on one searing day in the state of Assam.

Shashi Tharoor: Keep up the spirit to fight 2009

The U.S. Marine attack forces are rehearsed: during the last 10 days of January, 8,000 Marines staged a dress-rehearsal landing in Oman, far from journalists 'prying eyes.

To The Shores Of Kuwait 2008

Braulard promised to come to the dress-rehearsal, to determine on the points where his “Romans” should work their fleshy clappers to bring down the house in applause.

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris 2007

NOTHING from what was a dress-rehearsal last summer on Hurricane Ivan.

Think Progress » Cheney Runs Into Trouble With the Locals 2005

The Baftas are often called The British Oscars, but is may as well be called The American Oscars dress-rehearsal, since awards were pretty much handed out to the films that everyone thinks will win academy awards next month.

More Awards Guff – Brokeback Mountain Wins PGA Prize 2006