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...effort to maintain his dignity in a ridiculous situation, Cisneros was tripped up on the basic economics of his story: Did he pay his former mistress $10,000 or $60,000 a year? His inability to get his numbers straight catapulted him into the jaws of independent counsel David Barrett?s four-year, $10 million investigation. If Cisneros had been a more astute Clinton disciple, he would have known not to leave a paper trail of any kind ? who needs all those hard facts haunting you during your trial? The only evidence you want presented against you is the testimony...
...great melodists of the 19th century. The literary equivalent of melody is, of course, story, the engaging what-next of narrative prose. Hansen's tersely told tale hangs expectantly on the outcome of Mistress Blum's treatment, which unexpectedly includes the arcane input of the enchanting Madame Helena Barrett and her spiritualist friends...
Judi Dench, who recently won an Oscar for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth in Shakespeare in Love, takes on a very different but equally convincing role here. She plays Arabella, a sentimental amateur artist who cries while reading Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Arabella introduces Luca to the beauty of Florentine sculpture and paves the way for his later interest...
Judi Dench, who recently won an Oscar for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth in Shakespeare in Love, takes on a very different but equally convincing role here. She plays Arabella, a sentimental amateur artist who cries while reading Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Arabella introduces Luca to the beauty of Florentine sculpture and paves the way for his later interest...
...Morris Barrett...