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Word: circusing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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German tourists and German residents of Italy, meanwhile, gathered 4,000 strong in the Circus of Maxentius, were then briefly addressed by the Führer, before he closed his day with a State dinner at the King's Palace. Der Führer's keynote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY-ITALY: $20,000,000 Visit | 5/16/1938 | See Source »

Died. William Henry Griffith, 81, legendary discoverer of pink lemonade; of cancer; in Three Bridges, N. J. The legend: while he was tending a circus refreshment stand in the 1870s, an actress' pair of red tights dropped into his lemonade bucket, colored the drink pale pink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, May 9, 1938 | 5/9/1938 | See Source »

Cartoonist Dahl of the Boston Herald drew innumerable cartoons, and Felix Adler famous circus clown left his familiar role for the evening to tell the class of 1941 a few jokes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sally Rand Asks for Harvard Support Of Labor Unions and Democracy at '41 Smoker; Wants 'Intellectual Frontier' | 5/6/1938 | See Source »

Silent men on the program are two dwarfs and a giant, Jack Earle, from the circus. Earle is expected to display his prodigious strength by carrying one of the little men in each palm. He holds a law degree from the University of Texas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CELEBRITIES TOP BILL TONIGHT AT FRESHMAN SMOKER | 5/5/1938 | See Source »

With a mischievous twinkle in his beady eyes, Gargantua the Great, featured circus star, admitted last night that he had refused Yale's offer of a football scholarship. "My career comes firs," he thundered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gargantua The Great Flatly Refuses Generous Yale Football Scholarship | 5/4/1938 | See Source »

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