NP except circuitously; a metaphor branches; goes mainstream

[Paul Mackin]

On 1/15/2012 12:10 PM, rich wrote:
> whose head is always referred to publicly as "C" if you're into the 
> brevity thing
>
> and let us not forget the guy who puts into motion the whole tinker 
> tailor project is a guy called Control

Does C stand for circus or control.  Probably both.

Speaking of Control are any other p-listers reading The Orphan Master's 
Son? I just started it.  I know of course it is just American 
Imperialist propaganda against the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea 
but it's still a pretty darn good read.  The effect is a tiny bit 
remindful of The Kindly Ones, with its goings-on seeming like a bad dream.

P
>
> rich
>
> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net 
> <mailto:mackin.paul at verizon.net>> wrote:
>
>     Circus is another word for what in the U.S. is often called a
>     traffic circle.  Le Carre's Circus is named for Cambridge Circus
>     in Central London, fictional location of MI6.
>
>     P
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>
>
>     On 1/15/2012 8:46 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:
>
>         LeCarre's name for the Intelligence Agency behind it all is
>         "The Circus". Pynchon, others,
>         use the concept to describe the crazy acrobatics and
>         performances of (certain)
>         social realities. [ I cannot offhand remember an exact use of
>         circus in GR or ATD,
>         and am not going to check but I do remember Carnivale, an
>         inexact analogue is
>         in AtD.] In Confidence Men, Ron Suskind uses it to describe
>         the 2008 campaign, "What
>         amazed Obama was how big the whole circus had become, and how
>         fast." [sic].
>
>         I find in an article on Apple, 'the retail circus" .
>
>         Below is the NYTimes today:
>         "Foreclosure Auctions Show Raw Form of Capitalism
>         16 hours ago ... Foreclosure auctions have grown into a scruffy
>         economic circus where bargain hunters from around the world have
>         scooped up houses often sold ...
>         January 15, 2012 - By KEN BELSON - U.S."
>
>         And, to stick the landing, I ran the word 'circus' through
>         Google Trends--
>         a mapping of use and voila (and interesting, imho)
>         http://www.google.com/trends/?q=circus&ctab=0
>         <http://www.google.com/trends/?q=circus&ctab=0>
>
>         Send in the clowns.
>
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