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• n  something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight)
  the tragic spectacle of cripples trying to escape
• n  an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale
• n  a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself

• A new spectacle which has lately drawn midwestern crowds is the roller-skating derby, a cross between a dance marathon and a six-day bike race.
• But in this saturnalian spectacle there are even more opportunities to burn the money.
• But at least on a first encounter, The Waterfalls provide a spectacle that doesn't amount to an aesthetic experience, at least not if we mean by that an intimate encounter between .

News & Articles

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• “Re-Spectacle” Eyeglasses Program
  ST. LOUIS, MO. (KTVI) — “Re-Spectacle,” could be the answer to your eyeglass dilemma. Founder of the program, Dr. Jeffery...
  June 14, 2013 - FOX 2 News St. Louis
• Cable TV Business Reaches For Apple As Garden Blooms
  Brian Roberts, chairman and CEO of Comcast, delivered a rare spectacle at this week's Cable Show, the annual conference for the cable TV business. In a ballroom in Washington, D.C., he delivered a product demo with distinct echoes of Macworld or CES, showcasing the cable operator's X2 user interface and cloud-based DVR. One of the key features: the system allows multiple household devices to ...
  June 14, 2013 - Forbes
• 'War Horse' review: Spectacle is mane attribute
  It's hard not to be wowed by the stage magic of "War Horse." But if you like your spectacle in service of story -- rather than the other way around -- you might find this undeniably skilled and handsome piece of theater lacks the very heart it so conspicuously wears on its sleeve.
  June 13, 2013 - Pioneer Press

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in msnbc.com
  I did not appreciate what I considered to be a ridiculous spectacle during the congressional hearings into this matter,Obama said. "The American people could not have been impressed by that display and I certainly wasn't."
• Kanye West in Rolling Stone
  Adding that he has spent his life trying to help people, West said, "My entire life, I've only wanted to give and do something that I felt was right. And I immediately knew in the situation that it was wrong, and it wasn'ta spectacle : it's actually...