Word: sideshows
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hired a shady Chicago sculptor to turn a block of gypsum into a 10-ft. Goliath, which was shipped to a relative's farm in Cardiff, N.Y., for burial. After a year of underground seasoning, the figure was "discovered," and Cousin Stubby's farm became a combination Lourdes and sideshow. Suckers and scholars (not always distinguishable) lined up to pay a dollar a peek...
...guys. The musical dances daintily away from the question on everyone's mind--How do Siamese twins have sex?--in favor of more palatable soap opera. Will Terry, the impresario who guides their career, overcome his queasiness and fall for Daisy? Is Buddy, who discovered them in the sideshow, the right guy for Violet, or is he just angling for a share of the concessions from the Cotton Bowl wedding they've got planned? Most crucially, if this musical becomes a hit (and it could), which twin gets the Tony...
...social conservative to religious leaders like Sheldon. That's no mean feat for a patrician publisher, but there are signs that the crusade is working. So adroitly hasForbes courted the religious right since last year's election that G.O.P. elders who once treated him as an amusing sideshow now talk of him as a comer to watch in the early stages of the 2000 campaign. "No one is laughing now," says Republican Congressman Bill Paxon...
...most political activists, maneuvering a bill through the twists and turns of Congress is the ultimate act. But for antiabortion activists, last week's overwhelming vote in the House to ban partial-birth abortions was merely a sideshow. They knew President Clinton would veto the bill--and on Friday he did, effectively putting off any more debate until next session. More important, they knew there is another battlefield--statehouses across the country--where, time after time, they are winning the fight...
...Ickes almost didn't speak at all, after a surprise sideshow squabble between Fred Thompson and his alter ego, ranking Democrat John Glenn. "Glenn wanted (White House Counsel) Charles Ruff to come up and tell his story about the tapes," reports AllPolitics correspondent Tom Moore. "It was meant to clear the air on why the tapes were not released in July, to address the disclosure problem and try to deflate Thompson's indignation...