Search Details

Word: vashek (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1976-1976
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

When the show began, the Great Vashek did dizzying spins on a high wire near the tent's apex. Doris Naughtin smoothly handled the family's motorcycling bears-one of whom had broken her husband's leg just three days before. Pat Anthony turned his eight lions and four tigers into tabbies. The aerial artists performed miracles with no safety net below. When 45 tons of elephants came thundering through the sawdust for the grand finale, the kids could almost reach out and touch their quivering flanks. The pachyderms reared up on their hind legs, unrolled their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN SCENE: The Circus: Escaping into the Past | 5/24/1976 | See Source »

| 1 |