No longer are senior Conservatives branding them "loonies, fruitcakes and closet racists" or "clowns".
The paintings themselves might be sad-eyed clowns on velvet purchased at a parking lot art fair.
Well, I never did like clowns, but at least Ronald never lied to me.
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He said he thought horror films with clowns could be the source of the fear.
Some are gawky, silly, and look somehow incomplete without clowns tumbling out of them.
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We clowns throw confetti, give kids high-fives, get crowds chanting and dance for cameras (as evidenced below).
The show follows Barnum as he presents his circus acts and features jugglers, trapeze artist and clowns.
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It was a lunchtime auction of Local Celebrities to raise money for LaffKidsOffCrack and their antidrug clowns.
At one stage, a convoy of clowns sped around on vintage Italian scooters and tiny Fiat 500s.
Mr Carpenter said the people coming to the sessions were adults with a "very genuine" fear of clowns.
But why the hackneyed shots of screechy cheerleaders, bench-resting halfbacks and literal clowns in the stands mugging like eight-year-olds?
Whatever its flaws, the assignment process really does try to keep clowns out of places that have serious issues.
Wiig is one of the most gifted clowns on television since Carol Burnett.
Many protesters sported painted faces and clowns' noses after Mr Orban's alleged remark.
One of Blackpool's legendary clowns, who starred at the Tower Circus for 40 years, has been honoured in the town.
Bass-baritone Paul Gay stands out as the Comte des Grieux, and baritone Franck Ferrari clowns his way through as Lescaut.
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It features dance and Chinese opera troupes plus a "City Carnival" on June 12 that includes parades, clowns, fireworks and balloons.
You can read their silent prayer: Dear God, send away the clowns.
It was downhill from there, with the unicycles, clowns and test-tube flutes.
He had no patience for clowns or dangerous riders or halfhearted efforts.
The ways of clowns and artists, it seems, have much in common.
Those that imply that God used evolution are infidels at worse, or clowns at best, that refuse to learn the truth of Genesis.
Often the mechanical theatrics took inspiration from popular theatrical events like the circus, featuring automaton clowns performing acrobatic feats to the accompaniment of music.
Clowns, for example, inspire fear because of their presence in film.
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Romney must convince us that he is the wise, strong teacher who can manage a class-full of brats, bullies and clowns with a firm look and quiet word.
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Clowns from the Big Apple Circus conducted the training, called Clown U. Lessons for the aspiring clowns included parade etiquette (when faced with a crying child, walk away).
There's not much to those memories, but I distinctly recall the tinny circus sounds accompanying the opening animation of Clowns and Balloons and a fez-sporting monkey perched on a high wire.
Besides the giant balloons, the parade featured 538 clowns, 13 bands and a veritable cornucopia of celebrities, including figure skater Oksana Baiul, Miss America Tara Dawn Holland and singer-actress Vanessa Williams.
This was followed with clowns on swings or swiveling about in giant rings, acrobats suspended high above the stage, ballerinas, someone on stilts jumping rope and dancers dressed as Tarot cards.
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