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...beyond manipulative. He was very adept at reading me, at figuring out what it took to get him what he wanted." By adolescence, the handsome, popular high school athlete had taken to stealing from her purse, torturing animals, driving drunk and making violent threats against classmates. Typical boyish rebellion? "There was a difference," Kathleen says. "I didn't sense any real remorse. He would use his charm to overcome my anger." Now she has accepted that her son--a lawyer with diagnosed ASP who changes jobs regularly, terrorizes former girlfriends and accrues credit-card debt--probably won't change...
...Boston, the son of a novelist-radio writer and a nurse. As a young money manager in New York City, he befriended Jay Moloney, a fast-rising Hollywood agent and Ovitz protege. (Moloney committed suicide last month, after years of battling drug addiction.) With Moloney's entree, Giacchetto--blond, boyish and exuding a vulnerable aura--charmed his way into the lives and bank accounts of Young Hollywood. His new pals were dazzled by his ability to straddle two worlds. As DiCaprio manager Rick Yorn once said, he was "one of the few guys I know that can analyze a spreadsheet...
...shame too, because some exceptionally talented singers abound in Pinafore's cast; when soloists are afforded their moments, the result is captivating. Seth Fenton '01 as Corcoran delivers a boyish performance as the Captain, Ph.D student Vernon Eagle appears as the foppish and formal Admiral, resembling a more refined Mr. Bean, and Susan Long '02 provides a tongue-in-cheek performance as the bawdy but compassionate Buttercup. All the principal characters acquit themselves well with a good dose of self-awareness and ample humour, but the real star of the show is firstyear Kathleen Stetson. As the unwillingly betrothed Josephine...
...Alberto speaks English proficiently but prefers Spanish. At Kirkland, he wears the standard dining hall uniform--black shoes, black pants and apron over a standard-issue maroon polo. His hat covers his black curly hair. These curls and his boyish grin belie his actual...
...Part of it is surely style--his boyish smile and ham-it-up personality and dirty sense of humor--but the brunt of McCain's appeal seems to be his message...