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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...escape from those pressures isn't always joyous. Downtown Cairo on Saturday night was one part circus, two parts anarchy; traffic lights lay toppled and blinking, and young people danced on buses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cairo Braces for a Soccer Bombshell | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

Predictably, when Kilpatrick arrived for his first restitution hearing last month, it was a circus. He posed briefly for the spectators and gaggle of television cameras that were assembled in the courtroom. He was noticeably muted, wearing a gray coat, black pants and no earrings. Over nearly three hours, he was grilled by the lead prosecutor, Athina Siringas, and the judge, David Groner, on what should have been fairly ordinary matters, with questions like, Does your wife leave the house each morning to go to work? Shockingly, Kilpatrick said he didn't know. Groner then asked, "Who's paying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick's (Money) Troubles Continue | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

...Long before Dora the Explorer, children's television was dominated by a freckly marionette and his pal Buffalo Bob. Howdy Doody's template--a vaudevillian romp full of wacky characters and make-believe--was followed well into the 1960s, picked up by shows like Captain Kangaroo and Bozo's Circus. (Before syndication, early children's programs were franchised across the country; at one time there were more than 200 Bozo the Clowns working U.S. airwaves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brief History: Children's Television | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...Python-A-Thon,” which took place last weekend, was little more than an excuse to watch every Python movie back-to-back, not that there is anything wrong with that. The films were interspersed with episodes of “The Flying Circus.” The event even featured a special “Quote-A-Long” presentation of “The Holy Grail,” produced by The Action Pack. The Roving Reporter ventured forth to watch movies, bang some coconuts together, and expect the Spanish Inquisition. Holy spam...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROVING REPORTER: "Python-a-thon" | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...then proceeded to recruit a host of choreographers and dancers of an artistic caliber befitting the Mainstage’s prestige. Walker and co-director Merritt Moore ’11 commissioned professional choreographer Josie Walsh, whose work blending commercial dance with ballet and circus arts has electrified the Los Angeles dance scene, to create an original piece for the company...

Author: By Monica S. Liu | Title: Pointe of Departure | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

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