Event planners hope to avoid a 'repeat performance' of last year's problems. [=hope that last year's problems will not happen again this year]
a bicyclist who was disqualified for taking 'performance'-enhancing drugs [=drugs that improve your ability to do something]
How has the company's stock 'performance' been? [=has the value of the company's stock been increasing/decreasing?]
(..) - An actor's life isgay - No, that'd be snitching. l'll go after him myself. Ladies and gentlemen, to conclude the performance ofthis great show, Stromboli the Master Showman-- that's a-me-- and by special permission ofthe management-- that's a-me too-- is presenting to you something... (..)1940 Pinocchio