Word: jugglers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Jerry's Juggler Vein...
...Artist. Fest's Hitler is less the traditional devil than the mad artist-close to but much deadlier than the maniacal globe juggler in Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator. Hitler sought power not for power's sake, Fest argues, but to accomplish his own grandiose vision of reordering the world. He trained like a messiah: he became a vegetarian, for instance, not on principle but to cheat the early death he expected and thus gain more time for his mission...
...Journal of Popular Culture, an issue devoted chiefly to U.S. circuses, carnivals and fairs, and intended "to introduce the carnival to the social scientist." Three of the contributors have ties to the carnival or circus worlds: Sociologist Marcello Truzzi of New College in Sarasota, Fla., whose father was the juggler Massimiliano Truzzi; Sociologist Patrick Easto of Eastern Michigan University, whose mother was a carnival stripper; and Social Psychologist Theodore Dembroski of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, who was born into a carnival family and takes a job as a carnival worker, or "carnie," every summer...
Others in the cast of characters include a juggler, a man dressed in a bear costume who periodically chases a fleeing damsel around the room, and a bevy of "pinchable wenches" who wait on tables-and dance on them too. Presiding over all is a reincarnated Henry VIII, brought back to life at the boisterous age of 29. When the King enters the room, diners are expected to drop their forks and snap to attention. When he raises his tankard and exclaims "All hail," the guests are expected to return the toast, "Wassail." When his jester leads a chorus...
...could be induced to set aside a lunch or evening meal for the same effect--e.g., serve rice, or a great bland dish that can be bought, prepared, and served cheaply. I should think some five cents per person could be saved in this way, although an administration budget juggler would probably call me naive. The money would be sent to the Indochinese through an appropriate organization, and the program would continue as long as America's war against Indochina continues. I should think that at least some 2000 students would be willing to resort to this form of protest...