Word: circus
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...equal rights with the purported “rights” of animals is nothing short of ludicrous. Yet, this is nothing new for the PETA circuit, which has previously launched vile ad campaigns which compare the killing of chickens to the Holocaust and the captivity of circus elephants to the trans-Atlantic slave trade—fliers on the latter theme were actually available at Ms. Adams’ lecture. But, in the speaker’s crowd of about 125, there was not (apart from my laughter) a single sound of disapproval...
...restaurant patrons, and at the center of the dining area a massive 1500-gallon lobster tank makes for an impressive focal point. Families line the sides of long wooden picnic benches, while smaller parties occupy the vinyl-coated booths. Balloons float merrily in the air, adding to the already circus-like area. Looking around with a smile, John admits, “If you’re looking for a quiet experience, it’s not going to happen...
...equal rights with the purported “rights” of animals is nothing short of ludicrous. Yet, this is nothing new for the PETA circuit, which has previously launched vile ad campaigns which compare the killing of chickens to the Holocaust and the captivity of circus elephants to the trans-Atlantic slave trade—fliers on the latter theme were actually available at Ms. Adams’ lecture. But, in the speaker’s crowd of about 125, there was not (apart from my laughter) a single sound of disapproval...
...mission is only slightly more complicated than the title. "It's a movie about a woman who challenges five people to duels. That's pretty much it," says Thurman. Whereas Pulp Fiction has three plots, Kill Bill barely has one; Tarantino created no layered subplots, no pathos and no circus of pop references to ground his movie in reality. "He is brilliant, but my job was to take this character out of his wildly creative, seemingly improvisational world and make her human. If the movie was going to be more than a cartoon...
...addition to the pretest and the mock competition, the Jeopardy! Clue Crew—a band of crew members who travel around in a quest for obscure facts—created a circus-like atmosphere, handing out key chains, t-shirts, a special “Simpsons” edition of the Jeopardy! board game and tickets to the New Haven show...