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...latest addition to the Trump oeuvre is much like the Donald himself: a unique blend of hubris and charm. "When I do a deal, it's a reflection of my astuteness as a businessman," he boasts in one of his more modest asides. At their worst, Trump's platitudes sound as if they came out of fortune cookies. ("Wisdom will come provided you give it a chance to develop.") But who can argue with a guy who sent Bernard Madoff packing when the latter came around looking for money: "I had enough going on in my own businesses that...
...femme fatale is an oft depicted image in theater. Alluring and confident, she dominates men with her sexy looks and natural charm. When the women of Greece take this image one step further in “Lysistrata,” using sex as a leveraging tool to stop the fighting of The Peloponnesian War, uproar and hilarity ensue.Two thousand, four hundred years after its original performance in Athens, Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata” is being brought to campus by Harvard’s Classical Club, who both selected and translated the play. Directed by James...
...involves selling less than 10 mattresses a month; his social life consists entirely of family dinners with his sleepy 80-year-old father and visits to his friend Larry’s (Brian Avers) psychological laboratory.But this focus on the mundane never detracts from the movie’s charm. Luminous details—like Brian’s earnest attempts to adopt a Chinese baby despite his young bachelorhood, and Larry’s inexplicable penchant for mixing purple vodka with pure ethanol while on the job—give each character an idiosyncratic tint. The debut script from...
...Zuma can charm the birds out of the trees." - On the President's charisma. (The Economist, April...
...Known for his charm and ease at massive rallies, Zuma has been criticized for pandering to popular prejudices like homophobia; he once boasted that when he was a boy, he would "knock out" gay people...