People who in another time and place would never have talked to one another, never felt compelled to think about one another's existence, found themselves in the same basement restaurants, arguing, agreeing, staging plays, pageants and political rallies, and ruminating endlessly about their entwined love affairs.
Two leading labor unions that represent around 240,000 workers agreed to stage a two-day strike starting on Wednesday to support protests against the government and what critics say are its increasingly autocratic tendencies.
Some supporters had already agreed to stage a protest, chanting for their manager to go.
Then she went to Paris, where Balanchine had agreed to stage productions for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1947.
Geldof, Bono and Curtis had amassed no venues, no internet deal and not a single city had agreed to stage their extravaganza.
Nor does he expect to turn a profit next year with the races, which he has agreed to stage for five years.
The next year, Mr. Pena's heirs agreed to stage exhibitions on the Warped tour, a traveling celebration of hard-core rock music, energy drinks and sullenness.
When Merce Cunningham first agreed to stage a series of dance Events in the Turbine Hall, he knew he'd be competing with an awesome space.
On January 2 , 1915 in response to an appeal by Grand Duke Nicholas, commanding the Russian armies, the British government agreed to stage a demonstration against Turkey to relieve pressure on the Russians on the Caucasus front.
Gandhi and Sundarji agreed to stage the largest military exercise in modern Indian history, involving all branches of the armed forces and as many as four hundred thousand troops, starting in December.
