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Most of the supporting cast fares much better. Ralph J. Zito nicely depicts his character's subtle transformation from a young rake interested only in an amourous conquest into a sicere and passionate suitor. Chrysalde (James A. Bundy), Arnolphe's friend and Moliere's obligatory voice of reason, is also...

Author: By Max Gould, | Title: Muddling Moliere | 4/10/1979 | See Source »

The survey showed that more men are becoming amourous this year, too. Last year, the majority of Valentine buyers were women.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Billet Are Getting More Doux, Say Square Stores | 2/14/1952 | See Source »

According to Shallenberger, German women not only use very little make-up but they are also "toughened up" by six months compulsory labor. The result was that his German friends in Munich were willing to foot all the bills if he would double date them with an American girl. He...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pre-War Germany Recalled By Student Now in Business School | 3/24/1941 | See Source »

Diplomacy is a game that more than ministers play at, if the exposition of its intricacies in "The Command To Love", now at the Plymouth theatre, is to be believed. Indeed, the fate of a treaty between France and Spain is seen to depend on the success Gaston, the French...

Author: By R. L. W. jr., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 1/23/1929 | See Source »

Probably the most famous passage, and one which takes up a very large portion of the whole story, is the description of the dinner party given by Trimalchio, the incredibly wealthy and entirely credibly regular parvenu, an entertainment which is a veritable miracle of extravagant bad taste, which even Mr...

Author: By Lucius BEEBE. G., | Title: Petronius 'Pot-House Odyssey Dulcified | 11/19/1927 | See Source »

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