How to keep such a spectacle under wraps?
For the second consecutive week, a major American sports league held a grand spectacle under the ominous clouds of labor unrest.
With the Millennium bridge glowing over them like a pink half moon, shimmering electro-techno anthems such as Doubt and Counterpoint seem to grow in stature, making a sublime sound and spectacle under the night sky.
By Lizzie Widdicombe Chris Christie and David Wildstein On the day of the first Presidential debate, on Long Island, another lurid political spectacle was under way thirty miles due west: the Bridgegate trial, in the Newark, New Jersey, federal courthouse.
On the day of the first Presidential debate, on Long Island, another lurid political spectacle was under way thirty miles due west: the Bridgegate trial, in the Newark, New Jersey, federal courthouse.
That this spectacle unfolds under skies as soiled and obscured as the Olympic ideals, in venues as hideous as the Bird's Nest and the Watercube, tempts belief that there's a truly Olympian presence, a five ring version of Mao's picture staring out from the Gate of Heavenly Peace, and like the Great Helmsman, it cannot be pleased with what it is seeing.
The televised event turned the presentation of Most Valuable Player, Rookie of the Year, Man of the Year, and other awards into another opportunity for pomp and spectacle, something the under-recognized league dearly needs.
Most likely originating in primitive religious rites and folk ceremonies known as disguising, or mummery, masques evolved into elaborate court spectacles that, under various names, entertained royalty throughout Europe.
'The world was treated to the spectacle of New York under water'.
To the shouting spectators the finish was a marvellous spectacle of endurance under adversity.
USA!" hit Instagram yesterday, it was immediately clear that kabaddi's revolution from dusty provincial pastime to international media spectacle is well under way, and that the US team will not remain anonymous for long.
