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Schlesinger will vigorously argue political questions but his friends claim that he seldom discusses his career or his personal life. One colleague, a professor of literature who finds in Schlesinger "a deep humility at heart," probably uncovered the greatest source of the aura of arrogance around Schlesinger when he observed, "Arthur is more informed in my field than...
...theatrical has-beens and wouldbes of Rome's fleabag Hotel Imperatore, the Countess Sanziani exudes the imposing aura of a famed once-was. For La Sanziani. as Carmela soon learns, was once a legendary courtesan, mistress of a d'Annunzio-like poet, playmate of a Dutch multimillionaire, brief bedfellow of the Kaiser and of many another great or near great. Carmela is too young to sense it, but the poignancy of the countess is that in her rage to relive these past love affairs, she is dueling with her last and most pressing suitor-death...
...award called a "Bosco" was given to June Allyson, "who, with eternally girlish homeiness, an aura of fresh-baked, deep-dish apple pie like Mother used to make, and an endless supply of tears, bravely but vainly attempts to resist the onslaught of the advancing years...
Comedienne Carol Channing alone should, at the very least, give an aura to defeat. And The Vamp often seems to be Carol Channing alone, but however well or hard she works, she herself seems a little defeated. The show itself, for the most part, just lies on its side and stubbornly refuses to move...
...aura of secrecy surrounded Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon as the varsity began practice sessions for the Yale game. The work-out was completely closed and the regular post-practice interview with Coach Lloyd Jordan was canceled...