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...ultimate legitimization of the manual recounts. "I don't think Gore can walk away," said Louisiana senator John Breaux, widely considered the most agnostic about new legal challenges to the election. "As long as something is pending in court, it would be difficult for Gore to fold his tent...
...Barnum's Kaleidoscape is Ringling Bros.' first show to play under a tent in since 1956. Since then the big-time circus has been almost exclusively a creature of large multipurpose arenas, showing up at odd moments between ice hockey and tractor pulls. But the circus belongs in a tent, under the big top; better still, this one takes place in a single ring, which as far as I am concerned is the way the circus was meant to be seen. Sure, there is something to be said for the pure spectacle of the three-ring circus, but I always...
...moment I entered the pavilion tent of Barnum's Kaleidoscape, I was thrown back to the old days of the carnival midway, surrounded by food and souvenir hawkers and performers on both the ground and on the stage. Granted, the food at this tent pitched in New York City's Bryant Park was a bit fancier and more expensive, but there was unmistakably the same feeling of excitement in the air. Surrounded by artists performing small tricks, juggling, singing and playing, the crowd was not only warmed up but also invited into the intimate circus experience to come...
...Among the exceptional acts are the Kabanov, Russian aerial acrobats who perform flips and drops from a swaying platform. Breaking with the circus convention of aerial acts defying gravity, the Kabanov embrace it, turning somersaults as they fall from a high moving perch, always landing safely on the tent floor...
...fauna of Borneo, Madagascar and the Amazon basin into objets d'art. Not a human is in sight, though Lanting's artistry and perseverance are hard to miss in these kingdoms where he was the intruder and adversary. As he notes, "I have seen leaf-cutter ants eat my tent, fungi grow in my lenses, and larvae emerge from the flesh of my leg." This reasonably priced volume is ideal for the bright child who needs to know there's a world beyond PlayStation2--a world of drama, danger and grandeur; a realm both beautiful and imperiled. Lanting's gorgeous...