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Sarah Myers '02 ably plays Paquette, the philandering maid who pops up, smiling and preening, wherever Candide travels. The Old Lady, played by Heidi Brown '99, is also quite funny as she sings about her sad fate and her only one buttock, but occasionally her affected accent obscures her lines. In "Easily Assimilated," Brown shines as she dances and whirls--apparently, missing one buttock does not prevent one from dancing well...
...gossip. My typical tidbits usually take the form of repeating an observation: "Did you see that person?" or "Can you believe what that girl just said to that guy?" Does this make me rude or unfeeling? Am I confirming the stereotype of a California girl, complete with Valley accent and inflection that makes every sentence sound like a question? I hope not, and upon reflection, I think...
...consensus. After the unanimous vote, Kennedy and his wife Victoria ran into Lott in a private room just off the Senate chamber. Lott gave her a big kiss: "How about some crawfish etouffe?" Lott joked when the discussion turned to favorite foods. Kennedy tried on his best Mississippi accent: "I want me a po'boy." The suggestion led to billows of laughter. "This is going to make the health-care bill of rights a piece of cake," said Kennedy...
...know this? It's in the scornful looks I received on the street when people recognized my American accent--looks I don't usually get. It's in the shame British newspaper columnists evoke when they write of Britain teaming up with the United States to bomb Iraq. Most poignantly and most painfully, it's in Prime Minister Tony Blair's hint of reticence where there was none before when he speaks to his people about joining the United States in bombing Iraq, as if he cannot be as certain of his ally in world affairs as he once...
Although I've lived in Europe for a long time, I've always been proud to be an American. But this vacation, for the first time, I found myself trying to hide the accent. I began to feel shame. Shame for our president. Shame for how he has weakened our country among nations. And shame because I felt ashamed. America is too great a nation for its citizens to live in shame...