Sentence examples for closing act of from inspiring English sources

To Keane, such developments signal the closing act of a protracted and grand political tragedy, whose cast of characters includes everyone from Hitler and Stalin to Havel's band of writers and philosophers, mistresses and friends.

In 1999, Berger was heavily involved in the decision to use US air power to break Slobodan Milosevic's grip on Kosovo, as the then Serbian province's ethnic Albanian majority sought to break free of Belgrade, the closing act of the post-Tito Balkan wars.

He deserved the rare tribute for his astonishing contribution, particularly during the previous two ties, but the closing act of the tournament was no one-man show.

The singer Patty Waters was the closing act of the festival's opening night on Wednesday, and the best part of the evening.

This month it was the closing act of the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, a spot it has held for 15 straight years.

Russia must now decide if it wants to repeat the closing act of the previous war, when it rejected negotiations with the Chechens after taking Grozny.

While Djokovic, on the statistical face of it, owns Nadal as Nadal has sometimes owned Roger Federer, there was little evidence in the closing acts of one of the best Australian Open finals ever that Rafa was Novak's bunny any more.

After his recovery, MacArthur methodically began to carry out the closing acts of his life.

Through the late 50s and early 60s the track saw Scobie Breasley and Lester Piggott annually battle out the closing acts of the jockey's title until racing ceased on 7 November 1963.

That sounds, of course, like a happy Jerry Herman song that closes Act I of a glitzy musical starring Carol Channing or Angela Lansbury.

Going against the grain of most closing acts, Porter's set isn't geared towards melting faces with hard-hitting builds and drops.