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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...name O plays on the French word for water (Cirque's founders are French Canadians) but also means to evoke the word of wonder that audiences so often express--Ohhhh!--as gorgeous bodies sail through the air or dive from a 60-ft. pedestal into the pool that occupies much of the huge stage. O could stand for the oasis of sophistication Cirque represents with this production and its sister show, Mystere, at Treasure Island, on the four-mile Strip in the desert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Las Vegas--Over The Top: A Show That Soars--and Swims | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...hunchback plays a grand piano as the princess reclines on it--art, love and beauty in one heartbreaking image--and then, slowly, it dissolves into the water. Here and throughout, O achieves a goal of the highest art: to elevate its audience to a state of awe. Of ohhhh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Las Vegas--Over The Top: A Show That Soars--and Swims | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...OHHHH, NOOOOOOOOO" America's 10 Most Embarrassing Political Videos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Sep. 28, 1998 | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

...weren't for him, I'd really begin to wonder what the hell I was doing here. Of course, there are some days when I put him to sleep and say, 'Well, Noah, this was a cop day. I felt like a cop all day.' He'll say, 'Ohhhh, sorry, I'll try to do better tomorrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Debra Winger: Dangerous Woman | 1/24/1994 | See Source »

...Ohhhh," Kincaid gasps, grinning, grasping the first-year by the shoulders...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: Visiting Lecturer Jamaica Kincaid | 9/25/1992 | See Source »

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