1.   An elaborate stage setting only enhances this surprising and entertaining farce.

2.   Berlusconi is no stranger to this sort of stage setting.

3.   -- Killing the Seawolf submarine program after two purchases and setting the stage for competition among companies to build a new generation of attack submarines.

4.   A reception that preceded the tribute to Buchanan included a stage setting of an Old West saloon door.

5.   A stage setting of some dignity, then, for a comedy too pure to have the slightest use for any.

6.   Breezes from the south will draw increasingly humid air north setting the stage for some locally heavy thundershowers in parts of the central Plains late Friday.

7.   But if it reminds us of the artificiality of such a society, it can help us avoid the kind of stage setting that forces such behavior.

8.   But it was also directionless and bland, setting the stage for its well-behaved successor.

9.   For now, however, the consensus that Owens hopes to build has proved to be elusive, setting the stage for further debates.

10.   In turn, the upper-level low drew a steady stream of tropical moisture northward, setting the stage for record rains.