| 单词 | big top |
| 例句 | I follow him to the car that carries the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The music has ended, and townspeople start to trickle from the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The crowd turns, shrieking, and trying to recede into the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Instead I saw a cat slide through the connection leading to the big top—it was a panther, and as its lithe black body disappeared into the canvas tunnel I braced myself. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The other townsfolk—rubes, as Uncle Al called them—had already made their way through the menagerie tent and into the big top, which pulsed with frenetic music. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Thunderous applause exploded from the big top, and the band slid seamlessly into the Gounod waltz. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Then she deposits Marlena on her head and departs the big top to the cheers of an adoring crowd. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z From inside the big top, the band launches into the music for the Spec. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Everyone associated with the show is barreling toward the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Thanks to Uncle Al’s superior marketing techniques, the big top is packed solid. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I close my eyes and picture drooling old Ipphy Bailey in the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The remembrance of her imminent departure wracks my old body with grief, but it’s quickly displaced by joy—I am now close enough to hear the music thumping from the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z In the distance, right at the entrance to the big top, August stops and stiffens. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Canvas tents have popped up like mushrooms, although the largest one—obviously the big top—still lies flat on the ground. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I scan the tent for Marlena and instead see a panther slide through the connection into the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The big top is being gutted before the audience has even left it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I stand beside him, looking across the three rings to the back end of the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She’s an aerialist and she got the straight scoop from a good authority—her spotter heard Uncle Al and the advance man exchanging heated words outside the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Rosie is driven right up to the back end of the big top, which is already connected to the menagerie. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Performers leaving the back end of the big top disappear into dressing tents and emerge in street clothes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z No one moves a muscle—all eyes point at the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Her husband grabs her by the armpits, lifting her off the tiger and dragging her into the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z There is a big top, but no crowd. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z There’s a line of glorious Percherons behind the big top, every one of them gleaming white. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The manager goes around the side of the big top and returns with a standard hospital-issue wheelchair. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She would pull it through her fingers while the drop spindle, a big top, was spinning on the floor. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd disperses, moving from the big top to the parking lot and beyond, to the edges of the town. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I head through the big top, following the hippodrome track to the back entrance. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z When I look back at the big top, August has disappeared inside. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Most of the rubes have already filed through on their way to the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z From behind the big top, the silhouette of a balloon rises into the sky, followed by a child’s prolonged wail. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z This sends her flying through the back end of the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “That there’s the big top,” he says, lifting the kerosene lamp and waving a crooked finger at the great rolls of canvas. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z With the exception of a handful of men in front of the sideshow—probably waiting to be led to Barbara—all the rubes are in the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Then he slips into the big top with the other man. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I secure Bobo’s door and slip into the connection, the roofless canvas tunnel that joins the menagerie to the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Inevitably, people try to exit the big top the way they entered it—through the menagerie. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I sprint around back to where the performers and ring stock are lined up behind the big top in preparation for the Spec. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Could be anything—fire in the big top, stampede, whatever. Aw sweet Jesus. The poor rubes probably don’t even know it yet.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Workmen from the Nesci Brothers show are unrolling various pieces of the big top under the watchful eye of the boss canvasman. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Uncle Al pops his head back inside the big top, raising his hand for the band leader. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z When it’s nearly time for Rosie’s act, I sneak into the big top and stand flattened against a section of seats. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The crowd mills around the menagerie, viewing the animals on their way to the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Were you in the big top when the lights went out and Carl started weeping over the loudspeaker?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Uncle Al bursts out the back of the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I turn my head slowly, chin raised like an Egyptian pharaoh, training my gaze on the magenta and white striped big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z As the last of the crowd goes through to the big top and performers line up for the Grand Spec, Uncle Al pulls August aside. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It wavers out of the big top and across the lot, leaving nothing in its wake. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He rises, arches his neck, and carries Marlena from the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Thunderous applause explodes from the big top, and the band slides seamlessly into the Gounod waltz. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The big top still stands, glowing like a ghostly coliseum and pulsing with the sound of the band. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The big top was plain white, or at least started out that way. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z No one moved a muscle—all eyes were directed at the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She limps from the big top and I rush out behind her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z By the time we are finally ushered into the big top, we are like any other audience: spectators of the action, not participants in it. The Giant and the Bear – review 2012-07-03T17:08:16Z When he encounters a circus big top that has been erected in his neighborhood, he laments its galling presence and its associated history of freak shows. ‘I Didn’t See You There’ Review: A View From His Seat 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Sequences possess a poetic resonance that brings these performances closer to dance than to the big top. The Week Ahead: Feb. 27 ? Mar. 5 2011-02-25T14:59:35Z This 22-foot-tall contraption functions as a stage, a big top and a fantasy bicycle shop in “Pedal Punk,” the new show from Cirque Mechanics. For Children Listings for Dec. 18-24 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z With that massive stage and its traveling big top, “Odysseo” claims to be the world’s largest touring production in sheer size. Beauty baths, hair styling, 1,750 pounds of carrots: the luxe life of a Cavalia horse 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z The fashion tents were hoisted high on the premises where the Big Apple Circus usually puts up its big top, in Damrosch Park. Critic?s Notebook: Does Fashion Make Good Theater? 2010-09-16T03:48:00Z Initially, it was not clear why but then we realised the whole apparatus of big tops and rollercoasters was to allow the hostess a dirty joke about who would "enter Big Brother's ring". Big Brother's last launch: One more time, the circus comes to town 2010-06-09T23:15:00Z The big top takes eight hours of hard labour to put up, and the generators go off at midnight to save fuel. The Circus – review 2012-06-30T06:00:01Z The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus pulls into Los Angeles this week with a new show, but the big top will be missing some of its best-known stars: the elephants. Ringling Bros. talks about its first circus without elephants and why other animals remain 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z To reclaim a cliche, circus in Montreal is a big tent — and right now, it’s the big top of the world. How circus-loving Montreal has persisted as the big top of the world 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z So caught up was it in the sparkly romantic escapism of the big top that it was only towards the end that I realised what was missing. TV review: Timeshift; True Stories 2011-08-09T21:00:01Z How about if only women get the big top jobs for the next, let’s say, 1,000 days? Bryan Singer joins Kevin Spacey and the rest of sleazy Hollywood’s usual suspects 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Gradually, more and more voices were heard walking by our stables, heading towards the big top. Your stories: Circus Horse - Part 1 by HorseLover3000 2013-06-21T11:00:00Z Visitors can go to shows at the big top, hear clowns explain how they create their red-nosed characters, and even learn from the performers themselves — including kids such as 15-year-old Makenna Cook. Coming soon to the Mall: A circus, and a chance to learn how it’s done 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z There was an enormous big top, a band playing, fairground machines and little stalls. Photographer Basil Hyman's best shot 2011-07-17T21:30:01Z The purpose-built venue itself deserves applause: half big top, half Weimar nightclub, including booth seating. Limbo - review 2013-03-13T01:44:55Z Right before intermission, the set by Todd Edward Ivins is gorgeously transformed with striped fabric walls as the action moves into the big top. With the Ringling era ending, two acrobatic shows fly high with modern takes on the circus 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z He remains blindingly quick on his feet and an ingenious, hilarious mimic who can summon a big top of characters in seconds. Eddie Murphy Is Bringing Eddie Murphy Back 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z All the action takes place in the fishing village of Ullapool, in northern Scotland, with the main acts playing in a big top. Far from the mainstream festival crowd 2010-05-20T20:30:00Z And can it work in a conventional auditorium instead of a big top? Mundo Paralelo ? review 2011-03-10T17:40:11Z Run by promoter Live Nation, it’s situated on 40 acres in the shadow of Circus Circus’ faded big top and unnerving clown mascot. Rock in Rio is not for the Coachella crowd, but it works for Vegas 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z Big Apple Circus has switched from nonprofit to for-profit, but on a Saturday this month, the big top looked more or less the same. Review: The Big Apple Circus Is Ripe for Another Bite 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z In addition to the expense of importing acts, Matthew has to contend with rising rent for the land to set up his big top and camp. Indian circuses struggle to adapt after court bans 2013-05-17T06:56:08Z The big top set up in a desolate field outside Mumbai seats 3,000 people. Indian circuses struggle to adapt after court bans 2013-05-17T06:56:08Z It is here, underneath the vast big top, that her dreams will finally come true. Cirque du Soleil – Worlds Away 3D: a leap in the dark 2012-07-04T16:35:15Z So what other great fiction hides under the big top? Review | Clowns are creepy. Let's talk about horror, science-fiction and fantasy books that make the most of circus settings. 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z The episode’s title, Clown in the Dumps, had led to severe fan panic that Krusty himself might be off to the big top in the sky. Who died on The Simpsons and did the Family Guy crossover work? 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Within: a ceiling that resembles a big top and compartments where the owner once kept his curios and potions. The Best Small Hotels Around the World 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z “The trapeze wouldn’t work because the ceiling is a lower height than what a big top is,” Gaudreau said. Cirque du Soleil takes its act to sea on new Mediterranean cruises 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z There is much more, of course, include a new focus on circus this year, based largely under two big tops as part of the Underbelly season. Edinburgh Fringe Will Be Biggest Ever 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z It’s onstage, under a giant blue-and-yellow big top, through Sept. 18. Local man proved to his parents he could make the big leap to being a performer 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Now the franchise has moved into big top territory. From cabaret to big top, more 'El Grande' laughs 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Her singing was consistently admirable, with rich body, pliant phrasing and some big top notes. Review: ‘Don Carlo’ Gets a Gripping Revival at the Met Opera 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z That meant they would become objects in a larger composition: a kind of three-ring circus under a big top. Washington?s Fresh Coat of Greasepaint 2010-10-10T01:30:00Z Like the party, the circus has to pack up eventually, but while the big top is still standing, why not have a good time? Federico Fellini: 5 Reasons He Still Matters 2013-10-31T17:35:27Z As a child, I accompanied him to Locarno ballrooms, parish churches, racecourses, election counts, seaside theatres and big tops. Barrie Edgar obituary 2013-01-17T15:41:47Z Circus Space, the only training organisation in Britain that offers a degree in circus skills, will announce a competition to find the best new acts and keep them performing inside British big tops. UK's best circus performers will compete in bid to develop a 'British Cirque du Soleil' 2013-02-24T00:06:02Z A big top 40 radio hit to drive sales of the record. Talking Shop 2010-03-29T07:36:00Z From up here, the building looks and feels more like the big top of a circus, with views out to new landscaped gardens planted with cherry trees. What's the big idea behind the Pompidou-Metz? 2010-04-06T20:30:00Z But it’s more than just a concert staged under the big top: food trucks from Mexicue, Van Leeuwen and Asia Dog will be present, and Tuesday’s show includes Big Apple Circus performances. T Magazine: Big Apple Circus Goes Indie 2010-12-29T22:00:53Z This show, presented as part of the London International Mime Festival, may be fragile, but what's intriguing is how it borrows more from the techniques of experimental theatre than it does from the big top. Popcorn Machine 2013-01-15T12:35:23Z With “I’ve Seen Gray Whales Go By,” Mary Weatherford joins the small group of female painters who have taken over, with aplomb, the big top that is the Gagosian franchise’s West 24th Street space. At 7 Art Galleries, the Ecstatic Flow of Paint and the Stories It Can Tell 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z The big top of the Big Apple Circus, crammed into a corner of the Lincoln Center plaza, is not exactly gargantuan. Review: Luxury Travel With the Big Apple Circus 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z "Queen" will be looking for some new adventures under the big top. Warner Bros., 'American Sniper' producer may team on 'Queen of the Air' 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z And I had wondered how it would feel to be back — at close quarters, with no masking or vaccine requirements — at the big top again. Review: At the Big Apple Circus, It’s a Family Affair 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z When it was completed in 2010, at a cost of $135 million, a critic for The Times compared it to a “three-ring circus under a big top.” Bing Thom, Canadian Architect, Dies at 75 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z They run around - and swing around - Scott Pask's big top set, which has two poles and plenty of flaps for the hectic "Spamalot"-type action. Review: New 'Pippin' mixed with circus amazes 2013-04-26T02:00:15Z Happily for Tony Hall, his first time inside the big top proved to be a PR achievement. Tony Hall has the PR skills to command the media circus 2013-04-03T14:35:45Z Acrobats, trapeze artists, lion tamers and circus animals preen across the five large display windows beneath a red-and-white striped big top that calls to mind the American flag. Dante Ferretti Goes From Cinecitta to Madison Avenue 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z "I heard a strange music — it was worldbeat music. I approached the big top." Director Michel Laprise aims for the unpredictable in Cirque du Soleil's 'Kurios' 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Sunday; Crab Feed under the big top, 11 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Community calendar 2011-10-05T22:25:05Z Heads of state are now more likely to be amused by talk-show hosts, and acrobats get the biggest applause in the big top. The Tears (and Fears) of a Clown 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z No matter where its big top lands, Cirque endeavors to create a magical space in its extended runs. Cirque du Soleil keeps circling back to D.C. region There is not just the five-story-tall big top, but dozens of trailers in which 150 performers, technicians, administrative staff and their families and animals, live, eat, socialize and send their children to school. 2010-01-15T03:58:00Z At least one well-known London attraction, the Science Museum, is being considered, according to local officials, and even circus operators have offered their big tops. An Organ Recital, With a Coronavirus Shot 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z Iverson, 41, the ringmaster for Ringling’s space-themed “Out of This World” production, told KidsPost that performing under the big top is not just a job but a way of life. Step right up — and fast — for this famed circus’s final act 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z This moment offers the rest of us an opportunity to embrace a vision of compassion toward animals not just under the big top but across every facet of our society. Opinion: The circus is back without some of its best-known acts. And that's a good thing 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Street Grandma asks: What if you didn’t have to adhere to the little top, big pants/big top, little pants recipe? The headlines claim 'Baggy Fashion Is In.' Next time, listen to Street Grandma 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Although it is called a circus, it is more of a sexual diversity show with humor, song and dance under a big top, and has 30 employees. Chilean circus has fought LGBTQ discrimination for 54 years 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z DeMille provides the maximum of entertainment in his production, not to speak of glamour, and above all the spirit that forever lurks under the big top. How to watch every best picture winner from 1950 through 1959 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Interestingly, I think that Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka made it okay for big top male athletes to feel comfortable saying that they, too, struggle with their own mental health. 2021 Notebook: For athletes, mental health took center stage 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z “I chose to have open shelving in the kitchen instead of big top cabinets,” says Castillo. A tree falls, a rebuild begins 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z He has returned to the big top after the pandemic forced him to take on other jobs, and although he thinks it "sounds cringey," he loves performing "because it's nice to see other people smile." The 25-year-old who's been a clown for two decades 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Now, he cannot see himself having any other job than the Timoteo Circus, and that when he dies he wants his funeral to be held under the circus’ big top. Chilean circus has fought LGBTQ discrimination for 54 years 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z With circuses closed for more than 500 days, many performers left Northern Ireland for other places which reopened their big tops more quickly. Covid: Businesses say public not ready for vaccine passports and Northern Ireland's clown shortage 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z The event itself will be held in a big top tent and the replica of Mr Merrick's body will be filled with organs taken from animals. 'Exploitative' Elephant Man dissection to go ahead 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z A bearded lady, aerial acrobat, juggler, lion tamer and trapeze artist all materialize under the big top. How Philip Glass turns the circus into opera that's magical and profound 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z “I miss my audience. I miss them. I miss the big top, the applause.” AP PHOTOS: Traveling circus stays put in virus-hit Italy 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z After releasing a phone with a hilariously huge notch last year, Google is going back to a notchless, big top bezel design. Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL review: more than the sum of its sensors 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The big top of dining options can generate a major case of FOMO, even when the meal in front of you satisfies all your conscious needs. Review | A food hall that has everything, including an everything bagel doughnut 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z An estimated 7,000 people attended the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus in 1944 when the big top caught fire. 75 years later, deadly circus fire will be remembered 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z Outside the big top, he lists his duties as “circus director, and the technician, and the musician, and the truck driver.” The high wire of going it alone in ‘One Man Circus’ 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z The film made a weighty profit, and some of its graphic simplicity—think of the nocturnal scene, stark and rainswept, in which the elephants help to raise the big top—has endured surprisingly well. The Winning Excess of “The Beach Bum” 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z The wealthy Dubai crowd was wowed as models wearing chic sequined helmets and pieces inspired by Chiuri’s imagination associated with the circus, a nod to Dior’s history with the big top. A shimmering night in Dubai as Dior shows its haute couture 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Hundreds of vintage light bulbs like the ones used at fairgrounds lit up Dior’s life-sized circus and a giant wooden pole held up the big top. Inside a big top, Dior puts on circus-themed couture 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Hundreds of vintage light bulbs like the ones used at fairgrounds lit up Dior’s life-sized circus and a giant wooden pole held up the big top. Inside a big top, Dior puts on circus-themed couture 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z It was performed exclusively by kids -- little kids, bigger kids, teenagers – but was a full-on big top experience, with sawdust and a calliope, acrobats and aerialists. Review: 'American Experience: The Circus' - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z The theme was the big top, complete with circus freaks and geeks. Mick Mulvaney takes a victory lap at a free-market think tank’s annual dinner 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z The Moschino designer known for his whimsical collections and theatrical flair threw a big top bash Friday complete with circus performers and a Ferris wheel for the brand’s women’s resort and menswear collections. Moschino hosts a big top bash for circus-themed resort show 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z The Telegraph declared it "completely and utterly bibbly bibbly quack-quack insane", while the Evening Standard called it "a load of big top baloney". How The Greatest Showman became a film phenomenon 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z It looks like someone melted a big top circus tent and reshaped it into a corner building in Brookland. Review | Masala Story restaurant brings powerful North Indian flavors to Brookland 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z She said, "Look at you, you're going to the big top, girl." Allison Janney just scored her first Oscar nomination. Yes, first 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Until four years ago, an elephant still pulled up the center poll of Kelly Miller’s big top tent each morning at a new stop. Future uncertain for Oklahoma circus 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z The mammoth creature more suited for the ‘big top’ clashed with the quiet residential neighborhood. Escaped elephant strolls through Wisconsin neighborhood 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z The big top was packed up, this time forever. After 146 Years, Ringling Brothers Circus Takes Its Final Bow 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z However, Illinois State University will be able to offer a peek under the big top. Documents from famed circus donated to Illinois State 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z The big top could hold more than 10,000 people for a single performance. Opinion | Five myths about the circus 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z The big top seated 10,000 people and took two and a half days to erect. Future uncertain for Oklahoma circus 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z Even when radio and TV filled many living rooms, people still crowded under the sawdust and spangles big top. Elephants both the heart, demise of Greatest Show on Earth 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Soon she would be dangling from a cable under the big top, more than 20 feet in the air. This small, animal-free circus in California is doing what Ringling Bros. couldn’t 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z The red wagon sold $2,880 worth of admission tickets to the big top, while the yellow wagon tallied $4,951. Baraboo museum preserves the deep history of the circus 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z In 1879, Bailey became the first impresario to illuminate his big top with an electric generator. Opinion | Five myths about the circus 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z It trains young people in the skills and culture of the traveling circus, and its troupe tours New England for two months each summer with its 750-seat, European-style, one-ring big top. Editorials from around New England 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Painted to imitate a big top circus tent, the mailbox on Jenny Vidbel’s property hints at the lives she cares for on her farm in the Catskill Mountains. Retired Big Apple Circus Animals Prepare for Their Second Act 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z Seven hundred caravans are parked around a blue and white big top, in the middle of an agricultural showground in Wales. How Gypsies have moved from fortune-telling to fervent Christianity - BBC News 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z Oh, Ruth was never led into the big top, she always took herself to the entrance, got in her place and waited for the announcement. The ‘Saddest’ Polar Bear Lives in a Mall in China 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z In 1905, Barnum & Bailey made automobiles fly in “The Dip of Death,” featuring a female driver hurtling off a platform under the big top and performing looping automotive convolutions in midair. Opinion | Five myths about the circus 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z But that shouldn’t take away the thrill of stepping under the big top. Editorials from around New England 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z The draw of the big top was so magnetic that a new expression was born—“running away with the circus.” Two Brothers Were Kidnapped by a Circus a Century Ago. Their Story Is Still Relevant 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z As night falls, worship begins in the big top. How Gypsies have moved from fortune-telling to fervent Christianity - BBC News 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z An American flag and four others flew from the big top, which held a tiny audience underneath. Pink Palace Museum’s Clyde Parke circus under repair 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Band director Merle Evans immediately began playing “Stars and Stripes Forever,” the show’s designated distress call, which mobilized employees to clear the audience from the burning big top. Opinion | Five myths about the circus 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z And when he wasn't flying through the air under the big top, he was breathing fire, showing off his juggling skills, or performing as a clown. The high-flyer who swapped the circus for the cinema - BBC News 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z Under the big top: What it’s like when the elephant-free circus comes to town. Essential California: 1 in 4 students at this L.A. school migrated from Central America 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z "I will leave my sin, I will follow you," resonates around the big top. How Gypsies have moved from fortune-telling to fervent Christianity - BBC News 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z He tries the same shot next ball, but gets a big top edge...and it drops safe, Finn saving another boundary down at fine leg. England v Sri Lanka: first Test, day three – live! 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z The New York Times observed, “The big top, furled forever, started its funeral ride today.” Opinion | Five myths about the circus 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Next to the slurry tank, three huge green domes the size of a circus big top rise from his Somerset pastures. Powered by poo: Somerset dairy farm enjoys biogas boom - BBC News 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z The circus always has the big top erected somewhere it seems. South Africa v England: fourth Test, day one – live! 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z The Vatican ferried about 1,000 adults and children in coaches to the big top on the outskirts of Rome to watch a knife-throwing act and white horses dancing to Latin music. Rome's poor and needy roll up to a very holy circus 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z He tries the same shot next ball, but gets a big top edge...and it drops safe, Finn saving another boundary down at fine leg. England v Sri Lanka: first Test, day three – live! 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z A Lancaster police dispatcher said the big top collapsed during a show. New Hampshire circus tent collapse leaves at least two dead – officials 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Today, Circus World continues big top shows with performers from all over the world. Circus World committed to keeping elephants in acts 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z The circus always has the big top erected somewhere it seems. South Africa v England: fourth Test, day one – live! 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Nobody does slapstick like Rodriguez, who squandered his legacy in a syringe and apologized for it under the big top at the Yankees’ training camp in 2009. To the Readers: Alex Rodriguez Is Forever 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Audiovisual and lighting techniques looked like a rock concert, while venues changed from peanut-shell-strewn big top floors to the fanciest theaters in the world. A Proven Approach To Making Giant Leaps Forward 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Just like the big top, it can be hard to know where to look. Art review: ‘Readymade@100’ The show, which will be held in a big top in Lincoln Center, features clowns, juggling, acrobatics, aerial trapeze and music. The circus is coming to town _ via movie theater 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z The gentle hillsides around Ulaanbaatar are peppered with dome-roofed gers covered in white canvas, like rows of miniature circus big tops. Life in Ulanbataar's tent city is hard – but Mongolians won't give up their gers 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z But I never made it into the big top until I was a grown man with children of my own. Colbert King: A father’s labor of love When the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus came to town, the Wranglers performed under the big top, and in the spring of 1965 they performed in eight local shows of the Rude Brothers Circus. The Secrets of Bezos: How Amazon Became the Everything Store 2013-10-10T09:57:38Z In the big top, my show has a swing feel about it. Glastonbury preview: Part two 2013-06-26T01:26:44Z It's a popular team in Colombia, an important team in Colombia, and he always looked like a big top scorer. Colombian media in town for Sunday's game 2012-10-07T00:04:12Z Let’s Put on a Circus, and Let’s Put It on Outdoors There was once a time when most everyone agreed about what a circus was: big top, red-nosed clowns, a few unhappy-looking animals. Theater Review: ‘Moo,’ by Circus Amok 2012-09-13T22:05:49Z There was said to be no imminent risk to the circus big top or the any other equipment on site as the flooding was only affecting the entrance. Flood risk down but alert remains 2012-07-07T10:32:34Z He wore a pair of plaid trousers and a large rough double-breasted waistcoat: out of doors he carried a thick stick with a big top. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z And you connect the dots from this job to that job, eventually to the BCS and the glitter of the big top. Butch Goncharoff content building champions in Bellevue 2011-12-04T02:34:04Z He was dressed all in white and silver, with big top boots, and his helmet surmounted by a silver eagle. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z I used to try to belt big tops and "blouse" them over pants. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z The decision to switch to static performances in a big top from next year was made "purely for financial reasons", he says. Backstage drama 2011-07-12T01:20:25Z Sex, power, and a monumental fall from the big top. La Cirque DSK 2011-06-17T02:43:26Z Wasn’t you hurt when that gasoline tank exploded in the big top, just the same as Bill Sorber? The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z In much the same way, the Shipkovs’ circus is more than a circus — Ms. Kapil’s big top is really big, and it shelters us all. | Connecticut: Stories of Isolation in an Urban Circus 2011-03-27T00:09:21Z Saying goodbye to her father, she bought a ticket and hastened into the big top. The Wishing Well 2010-12-20T17:12:27.090Z They lost their last eight playoff games under the big top, then went an AL-best 53-28 at home under the stars in the first season at Target Field. Teixeira powers Yankees to Game 1 win 2010-10-07T05:31:00Z Mr. Cristo's celebrity grew when He was married in the 1980s, under the big top, to Barbara Rey, a runner-up for Miss Spain and an actress who worked as an elephant trainer. Lion Tamer Dies in Madrid 2010-05-10T01:45:00Z Ministers said they were "minded" to bar animals like lions and tigers from big tops in England and campaigners hope the rest of the UK will follow. Circuses facing wild animal ban 2010-03-26T00:44:00Z The Beck big top has room for only one carnival barker at a time. Eric Massa on Glenn Beck: Battle on Fox Over Controversy 2010-03-10T16:30:00Z How glad we all were when five o'clock came, and the concert was over, and the "big top," with its spreading amphitheater and its four great center-poles, stood silent and empty! Careers of Danger and Daring Clash of cymbals and flash of spangles under the big top. Eagles of the Sky With Jack Ralston Along the Air Lanes Soon they followed the crowd through the village streets until they came in sight of the "big top," the great tent with flags flying above it, and smaller tents all around. The Tale of Old Dog Spot The big top was down, and poles and animal cages were being loaded on long trucks as he emerged. Anything Once Presently the side-show tent was up and the “big top” rising. Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective They were going to tear the big top down. The Corner House Girls at School And I don't want the side show to dim the performance in the big top. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story Over the great mound of shells and cartridge-boxes is spread an enormous piece of canvas, often larger by far than the "big top" of a four-ring circus. Italy at War and the Allies in the West A splendid set of men they looked, sturdy, broad-chested, and hardy—not in the least smart, but practical and efficient in their warm brown overcoats and big top boots. Field Hospital and Flying Column Being the Journal of an English Nursing Sister in Belgium & Russia From a corner of the “big top’s” side wall, Detective Gubb watched them. Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective In the freezer, he had a jar of elephant-dung sauce, spiced with the wrung-out sweat of the big top acrobats' leotards, which, even after reheating, still carried the tang of vitality. Return to Pleasure Island Not a mile ahead loomed the "big top." Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies At the end of the landing on which their big top room opened was a short iron ladder. Captivity He has left his big top on the box. McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition I'd like to have worn a red velvet coat and a big hat with fethers on it, and a pare of boots with big tops to them. Dorothy Dainty's Gay Times I watched those bushes eagerly, and once again saw the big tops of those antlers above the alders. Sweetapple Cove Seems there's a cave near the top of the least of them two buttes—the roughest one—a cave with two mouths, one right on the big top. The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On From the street parade to Polly's first appearance in the "big top," had seemed a short while to Jim and Toby. Polly of the Circus He wore a pair of plaid trousers, and a large, rough, double-breasted waistcoat; out of doors, he carried a thick stick with a big top. The Pickwick Papers Part of this apparatus consisted of two platforms fastened to two of the opposite main poles, and up under the very roof of the big top. Joe Strong the Boy Fire-Eater The Most Dangerous Performance on Record Though he had not the slightest notion that he was to be defeated, this big top classman was learning a new respect for Darrin's prowess. Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis Or, Two Midshipmen as Naval Academy "Youngsters" Mrs. Braddock stood over by the tattered red curtains, peering out into the "big top." The Rose in the Ring The great, red property vans were waiting to be loaded with the costumes and tackle which were constantly being brought from the "big top," where the evening performance was now going on. Polly of the Circus They had guns on their shoulders, revolvers stuck in their belts and bowie knives in their big top boots. This Country of Ours Here it was that he found a little man muffled up to the ears in a big top coat, standing before the dying fire. The Clue of the Twisted Candle Now and again, as the wind shifted for a moment toward the showman's swaying office tent, the blare of the band off under the big top told him the show was moving merrily on. The Circus Boys on the Plains : or, the Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show There's a lousy three hundred dollars in the big top to-night and half as much this afternoon. The Rose in the Ring There was a constant stream of life shooting in and out from the dressing tent to the "big top," as gaily decked men, women and animals came or went. Polly of the Circus "He is in the big top at work." The Circus Boys on the Mississippi : or, Afloat with the Big Show on the Big River "And helped fill the big top at the same time," added Teddy, with a shrewd twinkle in his eyes. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South "What act is on now under the big top?" The Circus Boys on the Plains : or, the Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show "Sh!" came in a warning hiss from Ruby Noakes, whose quick, black eyes had caught sight of a figure approaching from the big top. The Rose in the Ring Sophisticated eyes would have seen only a rather stout acrobat clad in pink tights; but Elverson was not sophisticated, and he teetered after the flitting angel, even unto the forbidden portals of the "big top." Polly of the Circus I think the Roman races are about due under the big top now. The Circus Boys on the Mississippi : or, Afloat with the Big Show on the Big River This was a new act in the circus world, and such of the other performers as were under the big top at the moment paused to watch it. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South I'll be glad to get under the big top again, with the noise and the people, the music of the band and all that. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark As they entered the big top the cheering broke out afresh. The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings : or, Making the Start in the Sawdust Life "I got a-plenty," said Barker, as he turned to snap his whip at the small boys who had stolen into the back lot to peek under the rear edge of the "big top." Polly of the Circus As Phil entered the big top the Roman races were just coming on. The Circus Boys on the Mississippi : or, Afloat with the Big Show on the Big River "If there should happen to be a wind we might cut a rope or two and let the big top down on them," suggested parade manager. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South As soon as the dome of the big top left the ground the boys crawled under and went inside. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark The afternoon show being finished, and supper out of the way, Phil and Teddy returned to the big top to practice on the flying rings, which they had obtained permission to use. The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings : or, Making the Start in the Sawdust Life The big top bent under the sweep of the gale until the center poles were leaning far over to the north. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South Under the big top, however, one could not see half its length. The Circus Boys on the Mississippi : or, Afloat with the Big Show on the Big River "If you don't like letting the big top down on their heads, and providing there is no wind to make the attempt worthwhile, I would suggest another way." The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South Instantly the dome of the big top began to settle with a grating noise as the huge iron ring in the peak began slipping down the center pole. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark In the meantime the ringmaster was making his loud-voiced announcement out under the big top. The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings : or, Making the Start in the Sawdust Life The people had rushed down from the seats as soon as the big top had blown away. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South All the poles, except those belonging to the big top, will go out on the 'Little Nemo,' as you have named her. The Circus Boys on the Mississippi : or, Afloat with the Big Show on the Big River It was the voice of Sully and might have been heard in every part of the big top, though the people did not know what the command meant. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South Phil had saved the big top, and perhaps a few lives at the same time. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark All at once the circus men glanced aloft as the shrill whistle of the boss canvasman trilled somewhere outside the big top. The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings : or, Making the Start in the Sawdust Life "I noticed that he came in under the big top where there were about three thousand of them," replied Phil dryly. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South The big top seemed suddenly to have been filled with fire. The Circus Boys on the Mississippi : or, Afloat with the Big Show on the Big River As he gained the outer air he heard the hoof beats of a running horse bearing down on him from the left side of the big top. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South Phil struck the net with a violent slap that was heard outside the big top, though those without did not understand the meaning of it, nor did they give it heed. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark All at once there was a blast against the big top that sounded as if a great blow had been delivered. The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings : or, Making the Start in the Sawdust Life Two weeks later the big top came down for the last time that year. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South The rest of the family were too much concerned with what was taking place in the big top to notice the Circus Boy's humor. The Circus Boys on the Mississippi : or, Afloat with the Big Show on the Big River The afternoon performance had just come to an end, and the people were getting ready to leave their seats under the big top, when a great commotion was heard under the menagerie top. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South As they were passing down along the outside of the big top, Phil noticed several laborers belonging to the show sitting against the side wall sunning themselves. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark Phil, whose attention had been drawn to the people for the moment, shot a swift glance up into the somber haze of the peak of the big top. The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings : or, Making the Start in the Sawdust Life Phil needed that moment to steady himself, for the big top seemed to be whirling about on a pivot. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South He glanced about to see if Mr. Sparling were under the big top, and not seeing him, instantly decided to take a long chance. The Circus Boys on the Mississippi : or, Afloat with the Big Show on the Big River Suddenly the people, upon looking toward the menagerie tent, saw a troop of diminutive animals sweeping into the big top. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South With an amused glance at his fallen adversaries Phil ran to the big top, less than a rod away, and, lifting the sidewall, slipped under and disappeared within. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark As he passed through the "big top" he saw that it was filling up rapidly. The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings : or, Making the Start in the Sawdust Life The band began to play in the big top. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South A bullet had ended the sufferings of the faithful old ring horse off under the big top. The Circus Boys on the Mississippi : or, Afloat with the Big Show on the Big River At about the same time the monkeys discovered that something was going on under the big top. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South In moved the procession for the Grand Entry, as the silken curtains separating the paddock from the big top slowly fell apart. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark It being the hour when the performers always gathered in the big top to practice and play, many of them stood about watching the boys work. The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings : or, Making the Start in the Sawdust Life All the circus people in the big top expected to see the lad break his neck. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark Nothing of consequence happened under the big top, or beneath the low-roofed dressing tents, that she did not know of, or at least surmise. The Circus Boys on the Mississippi : or, Afloat with the Big Show on the Big River In the meantime trouble had been multiplying at a very rapid rate under the big top. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South As if in answer to the lad's question, the "tweetle" of the ringmaster's whistle brought everything to a standstill under the big top. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark "I'd jump off the big top, twice every day, for that figure." The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings : or, Making the Start in the Sawdust Life Many of the guy ropes holding the big top, had been cut while the performance was going on and most of the canvasmen and laborers were engaged in taking down and loading the menagerie outfit. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark Everything appeared to be whirling about him, the big top spinning like a giant top before his eyes. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark No one paid the least attention to the "grand concert" that was in progress at one end of the big top, so interested were all in the Circus Boy's giddy chase. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South Phil had made his change in the menagerie tent after finishing his elephant act, and was just entering the big top as Teddy made his sensational entrance. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark "Come over to the big top and let's see what you really can do," he said, starting up. The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings : or, Making the Start in the Sawdust Life Once outside the dressing tent Teddy ran at full speed across the paddock and out into the big top. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark In his course through the big top Teddy had gathered up several handfuls of sawdust and dirt which he had stirred well into the water as he ran, making a pasty mess of it. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark In the big top a slender rope had been stretched across the blue seats from the arena back to the sidewall. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South Very soon the fluttering flags from the big top were seen above the intervening housetops. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark The boys hung about until the big top had disappeared from the lot. The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings : or, Making the Start in the Sawdust Life Very shortly after that the show in the big top came to a close. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark Almost a breath of wind would have caused the whole big top to collapse, and then a lot of people might have been killed. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark The performers joked and passed the time away until the band started the overture, off under the big top. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South Such a scene of excitement and enthusiasm never had been seen under that big top before. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark With a bray that was heard all over the big top Jumbo burst through the red curtains like a tornado. The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings : or, Making the Start in the Sawdust Life Those of the performers not otherwise engaged at the moment were assembled inside the big top at one side of the bandstand, fairly holding their sides with laughter over old Emperor's exhibition. The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings : or, Making the Start in the Sawdust Life There was a time late in the afternoon, before the torches were lighted, when the big top was almost in darkness. The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings : or, Making the Start in the Sawdust Life All hands were beginning to feel a certain sense of relief, when the shrill blasts of the boss canvasman's emergency whistle were heard outside the big top. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South Then Mr. Sparling turned abruptly and hurried out into the big top where the leaping act was in full cry. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark |
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