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...place, and two hours before midnight is its witching hour. Street musicians pick up their instruments, bars begin to fill, and tourist shops are eclipsed by drunken karaoke and neon “barely legal” signs. It’s Las Vegas without the slot machines and circus acts, a city of wild abandonment and self-forgetting. Interesting, certainly, but not particularly family-friendly. Vacationing with my parents and two younger sisters in a quieter part of town, we soon grew bored with the limited options for non-partiers. So we rented a car and drove across...
Metzingen, a small town in southern Germany with a population of around 22,000, seems an unlikely place for a circus troupe to pitch its tent in the middle of winter, yet what looks like a vast, tented city looms from an icy field. The isolation of the location is summed up by the banter of several guests as they step inside...
...bitter end, whenno one wanted to buy the movie, which isbasically like people saying, ‘Guess what,guys, you were wrong.’ Even then, wedidn’t buckle,” she said. “I love that partnership,getting the circus together andsaying, ‘Yeah, we have four dollars, let’sgo make a movie,’ and staying true to thestory we set out to make.”Unlike “Monster,” in which she playedthe protagonist, Theron was faced withthe challenge...
During an exclusive interview with TIME, at her embassy office overlooking Rome's ancient Circus Maximus, Glendon said she hopes to offer lucid analysis for Foggy Bottom about just how the deep thoughts of the "Professor Pontiff" might influence public policy. One example was Benedict's provocative 2006 discourse about religion and violence in Regensberg, Germany, which initially angered many Muslims but has also helped recast the worldwide "Clash of Civilizations" debate. "One of his central preoccupations has always been about reconciling faith and reason," Glendon said of the Pope. "He wants to know how religions can come to terms...
...potential “animal voters” is news-savvy, socially integrated, and politically active. These are the suburban soccer moms who buy free range meat at Whole Foods, cosmetics not tested on animals from the Body Shop, and who quietly shun Ringling Bros’ animal circus when it comes to town. They’re also the people who sent over 300,000 e-mails to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell last July successfully urging him to drop convicted dog fighter Michael Vick from the league. They’re politically active, and willing to use their votes...