Word: circusing
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...coaxing Horton to mount a tree and sit upon her nest, she vanishes. As events unfold in Dr. Seuss's whimsical Horton Hatches the Egg, Horton sits resolutely, unbudged by jeers, inclement weather or nasty humans, who cart him off, tree and all, to be a sideshow in a circus. When Mayzie happens by Horton's tent and sees that most of the work is done, she demands her egg back. Just then, the egg cracks open and out pops a tiny elephant with wings. Horton triumphantly returns home to cheers with his baby. It's perfectly clear...
...FAMILY CIRCUS...
...bounce in and out of the crowd. There's wind and a rainstorm (you get wet), strobe-light effects and pounding music. By the end, the aggressive performers have coaxed many in the crowd to boogie along, completing the hall's transformation from theater to disco. This mix of circus and performance art from the Argentine troupe De La Guarda is original, eye popping, repetitive. It lacks the wit of Blue Man Group or the elegance of Cirque du Soleil. But man, those kids...
...most surprising thing about the trial was not that a case involving celebrities was speedily tried in Los Angeles sans a media circus or that a stone-faced and silent Bill Cosby stole the show with a brief appearance at closing arguments. What was most notable about the trial was that it might not have taken place at all were it not for the efforts (and deep pockets) of the nation's most widely read supermarket tabloid. The trial's two key pieces of evidence, the murder weapon and a series of incriminating jailhouse letters written by Markhasev, were both...
...wasn't supposed to end like this. Coleman and two smaller deals were part of Dunlap's plan to build and to prove he was more than a one-trick pony. But the circus left town without him, and he perhaps learned that restructuring a company and restructuring consumer demand are two very different tasks...