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...incongruous blend of circus and bloodbath. The number of lawmen on the scene swelled to 350. Miraculously, no civilians or officers were seriously wounded. Neighborhood dogs kept up a howling chorus that could be heard over the most intense firing. In a park on the corner, kids climbed to the tops of slides for a better-but hazardous -look...
...Americans are very good at making you think a huge struggle over major issues is under way, a struggle which will determine whether the United States will continue to exist or not. But in essence the battle between the Democrats and Republicans is like a circus wrestling match. The wrestlers arrange in advance who will be the winner and who will be the loser-before they even enter the arena. Of course, I'm not saying that the outcome of an American election is actually prearranged by the two candidates, but they're both representatives of the capitalist...
When he did paint the figure, Gris resorted to its most masklike aspect: that of Pierrot, whose sad face and bright costume were among Picasso's favorite motifs too. But when Picasso dealt with clowns and circus performers, there was a pathos behind the image that extended back to Watteau. The Picassos also refer to the late 19th century vision of the artist as an exalted clown and are tinged with autobiography. In Gris, it is solely the interlocking shapes, checkerboard lozenge cloth and elliptical buttons that count...
...axiom in Cambridge that the city council resembles nothing more than an erratic circus, and rent control is its most dependable elephant. In a city with a large number of renters who are well-organized by tenant and community groups, debates over control have been the council's most popular business for the last six years...
...hybrid of emotion and uneasy compromise, more useful to politicians than to tenants. Housing grievances are channeled into debates and demonstrations about the control law and the administration of the control board. The political pageant of rent control is a diversion. And until a real solution is found, the circus will...