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...wake of the 1992 riots there was a flurry of hopeful talk, a tidal wave of good intentions and a number of special programs set up to rebuild the neighborhoods hardest hit by fire and looting. Yet Payne has jumped through more hoops than a circus tiger, and still has not managed to cobble together the financing to rebuild and expand Taylor's Corner into a 16,000-sq.-ft. minimall, containing a full-service grocery store, a laundry and a real estate office. His journey through the system of public and private lenders has shown him that when...
...gazing over a candlelit meal at Loker at the one man on campus who, like me, favors the John Harvard statue to the stacks, patterned boxers to plaid and Ec 10 to Sex. There we would sit, marveling at our common fantasy to be the fire-eater in the circus, and at our shared instinct that we would both play dumb if approached by a mugger--facts that would never have come to light if it had not been for Datamatch. Another success story for the cupids on the council...
...first seven or eight minutes, it was really a three-ring circus," said an irritated DeVore...
...maybe one disruption in the past, but nothing like this three-ring circus," said DeVore...
Jeunet and Caro had, however, already carved out their own niche with their first film, Delicatessen, the story of cannibalism, troglodytes, circus performers, and, of course, love. But, with The City of Lost Children, they push their own style to the current technological limits. Indulging in kooky comic-book shenanigans that makes Dick Tracy look downright lifeless, the madcap directors pulled out all the stops to create a modern-tale fairy tale on a par with Pinocchio. In fact, the frenetic energy created by the movie what Disney should have been trying to create for years instead of slapping...