The reforms come as the #MeToo movement has raised the curtain on sexual harassment and misconduct in the workplace.
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Google raised the curtain with a splashy announcement that they'd be setting up their fifth cloud region in the U.S. in Los Angeles.
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Lyft has just raised the curtain on its corporate diversity numbers for the first time and — surprise, surprise — it's not a pretty picture.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. — Twenty-two years after Tiger Woods raised the curtain on golf's version of the Broadway sensation "Cats," he has set the stage for a spellbinding encore.
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His remarks, however, raised the curtain on Wednesday's meeting and contradicted comments from commission co-chairman Vice President Mike Pence about the "fact-finding" goals of the bipartisan group.
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As the Republicans raised the curtain on their convention, many of them at least acknowledged that Trump 2016 has a problem with nonwhite voters — and implied he was working to fix it.
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"The combined analysis of genome-wide data from all these ancient elephants and mastodons has raised the curtain on elephant population history, revealing complexity that we were simply not aware of before," said Poinar.
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The Senate Intelligence Committee raised the curtain on the hearing by publishing Comey's opening statement on Wednesday afternoon, detailing his interactions with Trump ahead of his firing at the height of the bureau's investigation into Russian election interference.
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PARIS (Reuters) - Christian Dior raised the curtain on Paris Fashion Week on Monday with a contemporary dance display on the catwalk and a runway collection to match, with skirts evoking tutus and airy shift dresses designed for freedom of movement.
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In it, investigators found 25 boxes of documents and hard drives that according to BTA raised the curtain on the scale of Ablyazov's vast offshore network, including evidence listing hundreds of interconnected offshore shell companies, which were later added to the freezing order.
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As soon as the troupe arrived, the audience streamed back into their seats. Cornell decided that the audience could watch the sets for "Barretts" be unpacked and set up, and so raised the curtain. The stage hands, sound checks, and electricians worked to accomplish in one hour what normally took six. By 1 am, they were ready to begin the play.
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It opened in 1909 and was the third and last station of the hydraulic pumping network in Manchester. The other two stations were situated on Whitworth Street and Pott Street. The station used to supply power to the mills and warehouses that dominated the city at the beginning of the 19th century. It wound the Town Hall clock and even raised the curtain at the Opera House.
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A curtain raiser is a performance, stage act, show, actor or performer that opens a show for the main attraction. The term is derived from the act of raising the stage curtain. The first person on stage has "raised the curtain". The fashion in the late Victorian era and Edwardian era was to present long evenings in the theatre, and so full-length pieces were often presented together with companion pieces.
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On November 9, 1909 the building was virtually destroyed by fire. The rebuild by Cesareo Iradier reduced the amount of wood and metal, and in 1914 Maestro Luna raised the curtain with his orchestra to reopen the theatre. With the Teatro Real opera house closed from 1925 to 1997, Teatro de la Zarzuela remained Madrid's leading venue throughout the period and hosted most major opera events. The theatre's resident ensemble is the Community of Madrid Orchestra.
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It also developed an automatic curtain control system which raised the curtain in front of the screen using electric motors, controlled from the projection booth. Prior to that it was done manually by stagehands. The Allentown Devices Company patented the technology and it was sold to cinemas around the country. In 1930, the property was leased to an A.R. Boyd Enterprises, and it was renamed "The Cinema", who operated the theater for the next 23 years.
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Kimberly kissed Thorne backstage at a fashion show, and Bridget raised the curtain so the public would see. Brooke broke things off, and Kimberly took advantage of an inebriated Thorne by lying that they'd had sex. Kimberly also tried to kill Brooke by rigging a heavy photography light to fall on her; Thorne was almost hit when a second light dropped. Thorne and Brooke reconciled and married at the Forrester mansion, even managing to get last-minute support from the family.
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Founded in 1934, Paper Mill Playhouse raised the curtain on its first performance with Gregorio Martinez Sierra’s The Kingdom of God on November 14, 1938. By the end of the first year, Carrington had coaxed entertainer Irene Castle out of retirement to make her dramatic debut in Noël Coward’s Shadow Play. The first few years featured a variety of classical and modern plays. By 1941, the Playhouse had begun to specialize in operettas, which it continued until the early 1950s. Change marked this period in Paper Mill’s history, especially with Miss Scudder’s death in 1958.
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Built by Aníbal González between 1904 and 1906 commissioned by Manuel Suárez, full of rooms of large mirrors and chairs with red upholstery. There were arguing supporters of bullfighting, the football derby in the city. There were also uncountable meetings for discuss the Ibero- American Exposition of 1929, were held the masquerade dances of the Carnivals and was made the last stop before it raised the curtain of the Teatro San Fernando. During the Spanish Civil War the Gran Café de París was renamed as Café de Roma to avoid confusion with the café of Avenue de l'Opéra in Paris.
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"Blackpool 3 – 0 Middlesbrough" - BBC Sport, 2 January 2012 On 7 January, Blackpool raised the curtain on their FA Cup campaign with a seven-mile trip to Fylde Coast neighbours Fleetwood Town, managed by former Seasiders midfielder Micky Mellon. Lomana LuaLua broke the deadlock on 24 minutes. Two minutes after the restart, Matt Phillips doubled Blackpool's lead. On 55 minutes, Tom Ince made it three. The Cod Army pulled a goal back through Jamie Vardy before Phillips (77' and 81') completed his second hat-trick in as many weeks (and in the process became the club's joint-top scorer with namesake Kevin Phillips) to put Blackpool through to the Fourth Round with a 5–1 scoreline.
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