At the appropriate moment, he stumbled into the ring to argue with theringmasterthat he could ride a horse better than any of the circus riders.
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Perhaps there should have been a guiding creative spirit orringmaster, but that in itself is a very high risk.
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In other words, we are to have the same white elephants parading around, even though theringmasterhas changed.
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They go round and round to the orders of theringmaster, neither gaining nor losing, but keeping in the same order as they did in 1939.
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A circus would be created, and the holder of my office, because he would still be the guardian of the prerogative of mercy, would be cast as theringmaster.
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Only if we conceive of an appointment committee acting in a quite improper manner does the view of the headmaster as a "ringmaster" have any context whatever.
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In smaller circuses, theringmasteris often the owner and artistic director of the circus.
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Many modern-day ringmasters become an integral part of the performance, singing and dancing along with the other entertainers.
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Theringmasteris responsible for maintaining the smooth flow of the show -- or at least an appearance of it.
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He is trained by theringmasterto do tricks until he falls and sprains his leg.
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From 2005 to 2009 he was theringmasterof a series of advance-fee fraud schemes that defrauded dozens of individuals out of millions of pounds.
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When he began there asringmasterin 1939, there was no public-address system.
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They learn from theringmasterthat the train has all the animals, and it's stuck out in the middle of nowhere.
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Teams had to create a skit about a circus, that featured aringmasterthree separate acts.
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At the biggest shows, theringmastermay be a paid employee of the show, but at smaller shows is apt to be a volunteer.
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