curtain comes down on

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the curtain comes down on something

if the curtain comes down on something, especially a period of time, it ends. Last night, the curtain came down on 14 years of Tory rule.

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The current generation of American households has spent the last seven years tuning in to The Sopranos and more recently The West Wing on Sunday nights, and as the curtain comes down on both these critically acclaimed dramas I can't help but wonder what sort of lessons about family we have absorbed while watching them. Family night gets whacked: though Sunday is "family day" in many ... by McCormick, Patrick / U.S. Catholic Curtain comes down on act 2, curtain comes up for act 3, and he's been dead for two years. This torch still burns: Harvey Fierstein revisits the movie version ... by Duralde, Alonso / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) And when they actually get a certified hit, they may have to watch helplessly as it slips through their fingers, as NBC will in May when the curtain comes down on ``Seinfeld. MIDLIFE CRISIS FOR NETWORKS BIG THREE'S DOMINANCE GOES WAY OF ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) More results

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The current generation of American households has spent the last seven years tuning in to The Sopranos and more recently The West Wing on Sunday nights, and as the curtain comes down on both these critically acclaimed dramas I can't help but wonder what sort of lessons about family we have absorbed while watching them.

Family night gets whacked: though Sunday is "family day" in many ... by McCormick, Patrick / U.S. Catholic

Curtain comes down on act 2, curtain comes up for act 3, and he's been dead for two years.

This torch still burns: Harvey Fierstein revisits the movie version ... by Duralde, Alonso / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)

And when they actually get a certified hit, they may have to watch helplessly as it slips through their fingers, as NBC will in May when the curtain comes down on ``Seinfeld.

MIDLIFE CRISIS FOR NETWORKS BIG THREE'S DOMINANCE GOES WAY OF ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

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