Word: sideshows
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...like Rome, the Kennedy School network was not built in a day. Until the early 1970s, the school's independent identity was nebulous at best. It was, in fact, little more than a sideshow to the main activities of the Government and Economics Departments...
...like Rome, the Kennedy School network was not built in a day. Until the early 1970s, the school's independent identity was nebulous at best. It was, in fact, little more than a sideshow to the main activities of the Government and Economics Departments...
...Mind were crumbling along with the cities they served. Then Disney, who had already revolutionized the movie business with his Mickey Mouse short films and feature-length cartoons, conceived a new show-biz hybrid called the theme park. No rickety roller coasters, no sucker- fleecing games of chance, no sideshow tawdriness for Uncle Walt. At his place every path would be as spotless as Formica; every doorway would be scaled to just above kid-size; every "attraction" (not ride) would be sweet enough for "guests" (not customers) of all ages to enjoy, a little. By creating an outdoor family entertainment...
...attending Haverford College, signed on as a cook with a circus bound for broke. Cooking led to a truck-driving job, then magician, then fire-eater ("It's just basic common sense. Heat rises. Keep the heat going up. Keep your mouth wet--and your mustache trimmed"), then sideshow manager, then ringmaster. Then the show went bankrupt. Judkins' last task, in December 1977, was to return an elephant leased from D.R. Miller. Hauling a rented trailer that the elephant was systematically reducing to bits, Judkins reached Hugo penniless and hooked on for the winter, cleaning after the beasts...
...unusually shaped shadows across the face of sport, causing it to break out in a smile of unexpected dimensions. One is a basketball player of 7 ft. 7 in. but just 208 lbs., the other a football player of 308 lbs. but just 6 ft. 2 in. Since their sideshow duties extend to the legitimate arena, neither is an Eddie Gaedel, the baseball midget of 1951 with "a strike zone barely visible to the naked eye." But both are Primo Carneras from boxing's '30s, outsize attractions obliged to double as spectacles...