Three Ring

As if the entertainment newswire over the past several months had not already been a three-ring circus, Mars Buchanan stepped boldly and unapologetically back into the spotlight and promptly resigned from his position as West Coast general counsel at ASCAP. ❋ Cynthia Diane Thornton (2011)

Greek bond prices sank to record lows after Thursday's turmoil, and the country's crisis effectively turned into a three-ring circus. ❋ Charles Forelle (2011)

It was quite a three-ring circus out at Fort Leavenworth. ❋ Peter L. Bergen (2011)

When the Circling Brothers 'big three-ring show on a hard winter went into the hands of the receivers, he boarded the menagerie and the horses and in three months turned a profit of fifteen thousand dollars. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Judge Bartholomew remembered the O.J. Simpson trial and was adamant that neither the judicial process nor his courtroom would be turned into a three-ring circus. ❋ Cynthia Diane Thornton (2011)

It was stuffed with diaries, seventeen years of secrets: typewritten journals in bulging three-ring binders, others pocket-sized and written by hand. ❋ Mira Bartók (2011)

He could run an army, a campaign, a government, or even a three-ring circus. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Meanwhile, the Tenenbaum case is a, “crusade waged by a Harvard professor to gut the copyright laws that protect creators and his attempt to transform a courtroom into a ‘three-ring circus’,” says Marks. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I'm begging the Republican leadership to find a reasonable, rational and real candidate that can rise above the three-ring circus with broad, forward-looking ideas and legitimate crossover appeal. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Greek bond prices sank to record lows, and the country's crisis effectively turned into a three-ring circus. ❋ Charles Forelle (2011)

“Andrew comes from fine baseball stock,” Del said as he handed each player a three-ring binder. ❋ Scott Gummer (2011)

"Our neighborhood has become a three-ring circus of police, hawkers and gawkers," she said. ❋ Shelly Banjo (2011)