Word: circus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...POPULAR PERCEPTION of the William Kennedy Smith murder trial is that the television cameras are making a circus out of it. This is not surprising; television is always the whipping boy of the so-called serious Americans. But, especially in this case, it is the print media which have turned this trial into a sham and grist for the daily gossip pages. In short, the print media's coverage of the William Kennedy Smith trial has been atrocious...
...Yamamoto's key planners was Commander Minoru Genda, still only 36, still a hot pilot at heart, first in his class at the Etajima naval academy, combat ace over China, leader of a daredevil stunt team called Genda's Flying Circus. Genda contributed several key ideas: that every available Japanese carrier should be assigned to the attack, that it should combine dive-bombing, high-level bombing and torpedoes, that the attackers should strike at dawn...
...Secret black panties as evidence (yes) and whether to reveal to the jury that she is an unwed mother (no), an estimated 200 journalists converged on the town to cover what is already the most publicized rape trial in history. Anyone looking for a break from the media circus can drive a few minutes to Sprinkles Ice Cream and Sandwich Shop and order a cone. But even that innocent pursuit carries a reminder: the latest flavor is Teddy's Best, vanilla ice cream spiked with the Senator's favorite drink, Chivas Regal...
Nora Theater presents The Private Ear, a production compelling enough to appeal to the most disheartened romantics. Director George Reyes has breathed commendable theatrical intensity into this script, sparing the audience from a potentially boring one-hour circus...
...first model strode down the cat walk, the announcer welcomed the audience to what he described was a "East meets West" night at Harvard. For me, what symbolized this quintessential East meets West circus was the announcer's violent mispronunciation of each and every Indian name that he uttered, including that of the fashion designer Bina Ramani...