But, of course, high wire acts lose some of their effectiveness if the star falls on his head in the ring.
Now that all the high wire acts of two decades have failed, they could, with great advantage, go back to basics, to coin a phrase.
There are falconers, a team of high-wire motorcycling experts, and fire-eating jousters.
He is performing a high-wire act, and it is in the national interest that he does not fall off.
High-wire negotiations only lead to mistrust.
However, the model can predict where the transition between high wire and low wire number arrays might occur.
A high wire fence, with tin sheets along its strands, enclosed the entire western exposure of the camp.
The high wire one-stem training system was applied.
