Word: circus
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...targets for Karl Rove" [May 22], the description of was excessive and uncalled for. Conyers and Rangel express a clear-eyed African-American perspective gained from hard experience. Klein may not share their politics, but he still owes them respect. Adele Batchelder Rocky Hill, New Jersey, U.S. The Sponsorship Circus Thank you for your revealing article on the ferocious advertising battle between Nike and Adidas during soccer's World Cup [May 22]. While racism may be a big problem for the sport - and every possible measure must be taken to remove that evil - soccer's biggest problem is the overcommercialization...
...gridlock: the networks get to cast themselves as constitutional martyrs, the Christian Coalition is able to behave self-righteously, and the FCC is allowed to engage in a little political grandstanding. The only losers are the viewers, who would undoubtedly rather watch TV than this three-ring media circus...
...dragged out of the furnace.” “There’s a lot of in the moment training. You...sort of learn on the go,” says Savitsky. During her childhood in San Francisco, Savitsky and her best friend joined the Pickle Family Circus, where she spent seven years as a contortionist. She says her role in the 2004 play “Venus”—in which she played a circus freak—is her “only real instance” of “doing...
Warren said he ran to support an Afghani NGO called the Afghan Mobile Mini Circus for Children, which works to reduce the trauma of war for children. Warren set up donation collections at the race and also accepts donations through his website, unicycle4kids.org...
...players at Duke University were accused of raping, sodomizing, robbing, kidnapping, and strangling a local African-American college student who had been hired as a dancer at one of their parties. In the following days, several national media outlets covered the story, and Duke turned into a full-fledged circus. Reporters swarmed Durham, N.C., articles flooded newspapers, the region was blanketed in extensive television coverage, and vigils and protests abound in the state. District Attorney Michael Nifong has not helped the situation and has exacerbated the atmosphere by making public inflammatory remarks about the players. Ultimately, this case is solely...