Word: circus
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...truly regrettable that despite requests from all 50 Democratic Senators and public officials throughout Illinois, Gov. Blagojevich would take the imprudent step of appointing someone to the United States Senate who would serve under a shadow and be plagued by questions of impropriety." In Illinois, the circus atmosphere continued; the governor left the press room only to be replaced by his vociferous rival, Lieut. Governor Pat Quinn, who declared, "We believe in clean govnernment, and Rod Blagojevich has unclean hands - and he should not be able to make an appointment to any office whatsoever. He should be impeached and convicted...
...feds - Genson was his usual mischievous self. "I take the cases that are fun," he said. As best-selling author and famed lawyer Scott Turow put it in an e-mail to TIME, "He is a great lawyer who would have been almost as good as a circus ringmaster. He will have a great time with this case." (See the top 10 scandals...
...attention early on, I would have gotten tired of the whole circus. I think I would have gotten disenchanted and probably quit...
...maybe even her voice. But if nothing else, she has held on to the formula for successful pop music. “Circus” is the quintessential Britney CD, but trashier. There are the driving dance singles “Womanizer” and “Circus,” schmaltzy ballads “Out from Under” and “Blur,” and even a reflection on her continuing war with the paparazzi in “Kill the Lights.” Above her predictable rhythms and enhanced voice, it?...
Once there, Brecher saw his career flourish. He remains the only person to be given solo writing credit on two Marx Brothers films (At the Circus and Go West). Groucho Marx, the mustached brother, once said that beginning his friendship with Brecher was "the only good thing about making At the Circus." Groucho--in a play off of Brecher's uncredited role as script editor on The Wizard of Oz--also bestowed on Brecher the nickname "The Wicked Wit of the West." Brecher used that wit to create the long-running radio series The Life of Riley...