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"Once every 10 years Ringling seems to come up with these spectaculars."

As a genre, war movies are concerned with the spectaculars of death.

Such is life surrounding sporting spectaculars in this post-9/11 age.

All the parties have lavished money on their leaders' spectaculars.

Santiago has a lot of really great public spectaculars.

These spectaculars, as they were known, have long dissolved from the cityscape.

From sound to lights to video, stadium concerts have become spectaculars.

Throughout a year of performances, Christmas spectaculars and talent shows, not everything has been perfect.

"We're certainly not walking away from spectaculars," he said.

"Some of the so-called spectaculars that we have seen rather suggest desperation.

It was one of television's early news spectaculars.

In fact, the Great Lawn has become a popular host to free spectaculars.

It's hard being a spectator after starring in spectaculars.

"We can't afford breakdowns on the ground if we're going to have spectaculars in space."

It was the same moneymaking format as his touring spectaculars.

The auditorium had four tiers, with a stage large enough for the greatest spectaculars.

"You have to admit I have a flair for spectaculars."

On the other hand, like most "spectaculars," Apollo delivered rather little in the way of permanent achievement.

The era of manned spectaculars is visibly dying by inches.

And you should see the spectaculars put on by some of the earth-ifrits!

Also remembered are television shows which he directed, already-mentioned spectaculars of one type or another.

The well-made musical play was pushed aside by high-tech spectaculars.

Nuance is the first casualty of these news spectaculars.

And he does large-scale spectaculars in human terms.

These spectaculars offered publicity for the series but also raised money for charity.

At the same time he wanted me to do certain spectacular things.

Certainly the physical work they have done to the place is spectacular.

In a number of ways, the results have been spectacular.

The A's were also nothing short of spectacular in the field.

What if one of them had come up with something really spectacular?

Behind him was the expected spectacular view of the city.

During the day the place must have been even more spectacular.

She can only go for so long without doing something spectacular.

They all turned to watch the fire, which was now quite spectacular.

Given this spectacular performance last year, what does 1995 look like?

"It was one of the most spectacular things we have ever found."

I never got past the big, spectacular end of it.

"I never did set out to do anything spectacular with this work."

I do not think that we are very spectacular either.

But I have to say it was a spectacular view.

She would have a spectacular black eye by the following morning!

David, things are going to change, in a spectacular way.

It had been a spectacular six months for the two of us.

But it also became the most spectacular show on earth.

It was spectacular for a few years, but now I'm having problems.

"The most spectacular thing I've done is to bring the right people here."

It would be more spectacular news, he said, if they had come out wrong.

As the sun began to set, we had a spectacular view of the city.

It has its own feel, however, and is spectacular in a different way.

But even he could be brought up short by an idea that was spectacular enough.