Word: charming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Like most egotists, Signorile keeps breaking out in rashes of infantilism. It gives his writing a reckless charm. It also preserves the delusion that he can do nasty things to people for their own good...
...according to Nash, who has already produced three plays in the ghostly echo-chamber, the pool has a special charm as a theater...
...give inspired performances. As Elsa, Poreba sharply vents her anger and frustration with the world with convincing exhaustion, while Helen's quiet, troubled presence spreads gradually around them in slow, careful gestures. While Poreba's strength lies in her moving, often powerful, expression, Sun's lies in her understated charm and ability to command the scene when necessary. Artie Wu, the third and final member of the cast, does a very good job with a much smaller role as the local minister, successfully drawing out the complex depth of Marius' character in its struggle to maintain faith in himself...
Equipped with both a creamy charm and a cold-blooded willingness to manipulate those drawn to him, Koresh was a type well known to students of cult practices: the charismatic leader with a pathological edge. He was the most spectacular example since Jim Jones, who committed suicide in 1978 with more than 900 of his followers at the People's Temple in Guyana. Like Jones, Koresh fashioned a tight-knit community that saw itself at desperate odds with the world outside. He plucked sexual partners as he pleased from among his followers and formed an elite guard of lieutenants...
Jason A. Levesque '95 said he believed Quincy's modern decor adds to its charm...