prologue

• The newspaper writers were beginning to pay attention now that the crowd was in full cry, but the musicians, who had heard it all before, began to play and that slightly calmed the audience, who gave a cheer as the prologue was abandoned and the heavy scarlet curtains parted to reveal a glade in Africa. —  Gallows Thief by Bernard Cornwell
• Some stage settings which I wanted for the prologue were declared impossible—I have seen them since in the Tales of Hoffman Furthermore, the orchestra was very ordinary. —  Musical Memories
• San Dimas stage race after winning the opening prologue, and hopes Redlands will follow a similar path.
• Photo ©: Sportzpics Sauser and Stander won five of the seven stages and the prologue, and they were the favorites for the overall until they were penalized for accepting outside mechanical assistance after Stander destroyed his front wheel beyond repair in a crash during stage four.
• If past is prologue, the development lobby will try to defeat the Big Sky Rivers Act by bringing in sympathetic witnesses, who will testify that it would ruin their retirement dreams by rendering their riverfront property worthless.

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