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Nov 8, 2009
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bread' and cir'cuses




something, as extravagant entertainment, offered as an expedient means of pacifying discontent or diverting attention from a source of grievance.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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