Sentence examples for black ticket from inspiring English sources

"Years ago we talked about doing a plain black ticket.

Limbaugh didn't understand that in an increasingly diverse nation, profit-seeking N.F.L. franchises actually want to court black ticket buyers, not drive them away.

The music and the dance occurred simultaneously, in separate rooms; visitors received either a white or a black ticket, indicating whether they would see the music or the dance first.

D.A.R. leaders took that custom, and racial segregation, one step further with the "white artist" policy they implemented starting in 1932: only white artists were allowed to perform on the stage of Constitution Hall, in front of segregated audiences in which the number of black ticket holders was minimized.

The paper, which has long been investigating Warner's activities, quoted a black-market ticket dealer as saying a deal was set up with Warner to provide tickets for South Africa.

And even under teeming skies, it is a fair bet the fan who paid 500 euros, or about $655, for a black-market ticket thought it worth the price.

Dozens of interviews with black ticket-holders, huddled over fiery grills in parking lots or hunched into chairs in the dome, revealed a universally positive vibe for Ryan.

Right now Jayne Ann Phillips's story collection "Black Tickets" is in the lead, followed closely by Tom Rachman's novel "The Imperfectionists".

"Black Tickets," the début story collection from Jayne Anne Phillips, the author of the best-selling novel "Lark and Termite".

Ms. Phillips, 55, has written three novels and two short story collections, including "Machine Dreams" and "Black Tickets".

Sean Kelly Robinson: I would like to nominate Jayne Anne Phillip's debut collection, "Black Tickets," for the New Yorker Book Club.