Kittle the younger's article ( "Manila Rules") is this issue's Memoir, an essay about an after-graduation year off that commenced with loafing around home in Greenwich and wound up, somehow, with him being introduced in the center ring at the world cockfighting championships in Manila.
The circus was invented in the 1760s by a British cavalry officer, Philip Astley, who started with trick riding, moved on to "hippodrama" (plays in which horses took center stage) and established many of the basics of circuses, including brass-band marching tunes, a broad center ring and even the "big top" itself.
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Ali was standing in the center of his ring when I stepped through the ropes.
Since the plant closed, Janesville, which sits almost at the center of a ring of major cities, including Milwaukee, Chicago, St.
Beijing catches so much of the pollution from coal-burning power plants because it sits at the center of a ring of mountains, which help trap the smog.
The coins must be thrown at least two meters over the head of the "Spinner, " who has money wagered on the outcome and stands in the center of a ring.
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Any pretenses Alvarado had of boxing Rios went by the wayside as the two fighters began brawling in the center of the ring with little regard for defense of any type.
It is generally performed only by women, each one taking her turn in the center of the ring surrounded by others dancing in the circle while clapping their hands and singing.
Bill Hobson says most of his patients come from the more than half dozen sprawling housing projects that ring the center.
In addition, Ahluwalia also designed a new engagement ring for Royal Asscher called Legacy in which the signature Asscher cut diamond serves as the center stone of the platinum wave-like ring, with diamonds of different cuts detailing each side of the ring.
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At the center of the Galleon insider trading ring are Raj Rajaratnam, Galleon founder, and Danielle Chiesi of New Castle Partners.
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The chants that ring out in the Bryce Jordan Center are echoed along the main streets of campus during the first week of school.
In the evening, the Obamas will watch Latino acts at "In Performance at the Kennedy Center, " which is followed by the Let Freedom Ring concert.
On this day, the One World Trade Center workers were lowering in to place the very first ring that would support the spire, or antenna, of the tower.
Last year a cartoon in La Reforma, a center-right newspaper, depicted an oversize Slim in a boxing ring, splayed on his back and squashing a tiny opponent.
Emergency medical technicians carried him out of the ring on a stretcher and transported him to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Campus for a CT Scan and other testing.
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