Everyone has their eyes on the three-ring circus of the Republican field of candidates.

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And when these Americans come home at night, bone-tired, and turn on the news, all they see is the same partisan three-ring circus here in Washington.

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Think of the stock market as a three-ring circus.

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He is not, to say the least, impressed with the process, Just like every American who watched it who was appalled by the three-ring circus that was created down here that caused some of the uncertainty out there and the doubt about whether or not the greatest nation of the world could get its act together.

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Looking for further hints about what this three-ring aid circus might entail, I pulled up the Web site on Tuesday of the U.N.

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