1.   Her friends Elaine Stritch and Ann Reinking will give tributes to her before the curtain rises at Worldwide Cinemas in Manhattan.

2.   NATIONAL WELFARE -- The curtain rises on act one of welfare reform.

3.   The curtain rises on a line of three couples engaged in long, unbroken kissing.

4.   The lights dim, the curtain rises and glamorous fashion models pull the cover off the retro-styled, nostalgia-inducing Ford Beaver.

5.   Today, the curtain rises on what many predict will be a bright golf future.