| 1. | Understand that both stories are what journalists call " curtain raisers ."
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| 2. | Desprez had written several curtain raisers for the Savoy during the 1880s.
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| 3. | Vernon won the curtain raiser in a game played at Kelowna, 6-1.
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| 4. | It was the curtain raiser for the election tragedy of August 1854.
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| 5. | Wednesday's race is a curtain raiser for Sundays Hong Kong International Races.
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| 6. | "The peace talks are a curtain raiser to lifting Sri Lanka's profile.
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| 7. | The curtain raiser is a classic declaration of intent from Nichols.
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| 8. | The women's games generally serve as a curtain raiser to the men's games.
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| 9. | Those elections are considered a curtain raiser for the presidential vote in March.
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| 10. | The Old Blues match serves as the traditional curtain raiser for Varsity Day.
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