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...alleged victim, known only as "A", has publicly voiced her wrath. After Mazuz announced the plea bargain, A told a press conference that the Attorney General had "cast her away like a grain of dust." The former presidential staffer detailed how Katsav allegedly advanced from making harassing phone calls - she claimed he demanded that she wear a skirt with no underwear to work - to locking her in the presidential office, pinning her against the desk and raping her. Katsav has denied A's allegations. Justice Ministry staffers were stunned by A's performance. "She said things in her press conference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Question of Judgment | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

...Koltai, a Hungarian, has even more to do with the film's inertness. One does not imagine him to be particularly expert in the manners, morals and habits of the American Protestant patriciate of a half-century ago. One also imagines him being slightly afraid of his high-wattage cast, incapable of molding them into an ensemble. Only Streep, appearing in a couple of scenes, hints at the sort of brisk, no-nonsense playing that might have rescued the movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Some Unenchanted Evening | 6/29/2007 | See Source »

...Midsummer Night’s Dream” to the stage this past Friday in the Loeb Experimental Theatre, but never quite made that choice. Regardless of its ambivalent direction, HRST provided audiences with a successful comedy performed by an enthusiastic, talented cast. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...

Author: By Giselle Barcia, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Midsummer Night's Entertainment | 6/29/2007 | See Source »

Besides these anomalies, the play maintained a traditional performance, delighting audiences with a witty Shakespearean romantic comedy performed by a talented cast. Daniel R. Pecci ’09 as Nick Bottom, the weaver, was among the most memorable cast members. Instead of playing Bottom as simply half-man, half-ass, Pecci embraced the character so fully that he acted like a total ass. Consistently eliciting a laugh from the audience, even when he was not speaking, Pecci played Bottom with hilarious complexity—simultaneously vain, insecure, and ridiculous...

Author: By Giselle Barcia, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Midsummer Night's Entertainment | 6/29/2007 | See Source »

...Harvard Alumni Association nominated eight candidates for the Board this year, and 28,888 alums cast ballots before the results were announced at the Commencement afternoon exercises on June...

Author: By Nathan C. Strauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Elects Five to Board of Overseers | 6/29/2007 | See Source »

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