Houdini economists have yet to realize something every magician knows well: At some point the show must end.
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Artifacts such as a pair of Harry Houdini's handcuffs lie in glass cases.
Many notables over the years include Confucius, Jackson Pollack, Dr. Seuss, Houdini, and even the cast of Sesame Street.
During Houdini's visit to the seaside town, he performed privately at the yacht club and publicly at the Hippodrome.
American magician Ehrich Weiss was so fascinated by the French magician that he created the now-famous stage name Harry Houdini as tribute.
The main act was the chair escape, in which Houdini was tied and strapped to a chair by members of the public.
The screenwriter, whose next projects include a film about Steve Jobs and a musical about Harry Houdini, discussed TV, Facebook and a recent on-the-job injury.
George also tested the impregnable lock, which was tested by Houdini.
"We know Houdini performed in Essex only once in his entire lifetime and it is something special to realise that it took place in my home town, " said Mr Burrell.
But the 28-year-old knows that a similar Houdini act is unlikely as The Dragons would need to win all of their remaining games to survive and hope the teams above them continue losing.
Dreier, a Harvard and Yale-educated litigator with a roster of celebrity clients at the 238-attorney firm he founded in 1996, is a "Houdini of impersonation and false pretenses, " Streeter said at Thursday's bail hearing.
It may be that parliamentarians, sensing this mood in their constituencies during their break, will return even less willing to help Mr de Villepin and his government make a Houdini-like escape from its travails.
On an emotionally charged night, which marked the club's last league game at their 120-year-old home, Saints looked to have thrown it away by conceding three tries in the last 10 minutes, until they countered with a Houdini act.
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