Before Stalin Lowered the Curtain

Artist Marc Chagall, who headlines an exhibit at the Jewish Museum, is only one part of a story that enfolds in the 200-plus pieces related to the Russian-Jewish theater.

enfold

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verb [T] LITERARY
to closely hold or completely cover someone or something:
He enfolded her in his arms.

go under, goes into administration, in administration

Zavvi placed into administration

Music, games and DVD retail chain Zavvi goes into administration following the problems at Woolworths.

Why did Zavvi go under?

Last-minute discounts on offer

Whittard sold to private equity

Retailer Morgan in administration

Morgan has been seeking a sale since the start of 2008

French women's clothing store chain Morgan has gone into administration, the latest retailer to be hit by the sharp fall in consumer spending.

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go under (FAIL) phrasal verb
If a company goes under, it fails financially:
The charity will go under unless a generous donor can be found within the next few months.

administration
n.

The act or process of administering, especially the management of a government or large institution.
The activity of a government or state in the exercise of its powers and duties.
often Administration
1. The executive branch of a government.
2. The group of people who manage or direct an institution, especially a school or college.
The term of office of an executive officer or body.
Law. Management and disposal of a trust or estate.
The dispensing, applying, or tendering of something, such as an oath, a sacrament, or medicine.

administrative ad·min'is·tra'tive (-strā'tĭv, -strə-) adj.
administratively ad·min'is·tra'tive·ly adv.

Antarctic, housing subdivisions, housing estate

Glaciologist Dr Robert Mulvaney, from the British Antarctic Survey, becomes an OBE. He is one of the world's leading scientists dealing with ice cores.
housing estate UK noun [C] (US housing development, ALSO subdivision)
an area containing a large number of houses or apartments built close together at the same time:
They live on/in a housing estate.

ant・arc・tic

a.Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a circle, distant from the pole 23° 28antarctic pole, circle, ocean, region, current, etc.