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Word: barnumism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stern last year, the boat was comprised of senior Chris McGarry, junior Field Ogden, senior jeremy Barnum, senior Nathan Hunt, Charlie Braun '93, captain John Roberts, Piotr Sobieszczyk '93, Truslow and coxswain John...

Author: By Michael E. Ginsberg, | Title: The Search for Perfection: A New Technique Keyed National Champs | 11/12/1993 | See Source »

Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. Through Oct. 24. Boston Garden, Causeway St., Boston. Tickets $9.50-$27.50. Call (800) 828-7080 for more information...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Not at Harvard Entertainment & Events | 10/21/1993 | See Source »

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Through Oct. 24. Boston Garden, Causeway St., Boston. Tickets $9.50-$27.50. Call (800) 828-7080 for more information...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Not at Harvard | 10/14/1993 | See Source »

Hucksterism is a deeply American trait. P.T. Barnum was a truer man of his time and place than Henry James, and sharpies' 19th century land-promoting broadsides sucked more settlers west than any high-minded exhortations to manifest destiny. If England is a nation of shopkeepers, the U.S. is a land of pitchmen; it is part of the national charm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advertisements for Themselves | 9/20/1993 | See Source »

Today, television news is the P.T. Barnum, the Coney island the dancing lady and the diving horse, step night up, ladies and gents, it's live, it's true, it's too disgusting to believe. The viewer can release his or her passions, desires in the comfort and safety of a half-hour, non-interactive, for your-pleasure-only freak show...

Author: By Amanda C. Pustilnik, | Title: News Splits Along Cultural Lines | 7/20/1993 | See Source »

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