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Second, maybe in the course of The Affair, someone will do something profoundly goofy and therefore entertaining. So far, at least one thing has happened that boggles the mind: IOP Chair Kimberley D. Harris '92 transcended chutzpah by asking the BSA and Hillel to co-sponsor the speech...

Author: By Gary J. Bass, | Title: Duke: Why Bother? | 12/19/1991 | See Source »

...told him, "we'll just do a little ((piano)) interlude and then I'll come back in." That recording, of You'll Never Know, begins and ends Streisand's new four-CD boxed set, JUST FOR THE RECORD, nicely framing the point that even then her talent -- and chutzpah -- were well developed. The set, which spans three decades from stage, screen and studio, includes outtakes and unreleased gems as well as Streisand standards like People. It charts her fast climb chronologically, with especially fascinating bits from the young years: displaying a studied charm on early TV appearances, singing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Way She Was | 9/23/1991 | See Source »

Alan Dershowitz, chutzpah-laden Harvard Law School prof, listed the following four geniuses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Required Reading | 9/20/1991 | See Source »

...intelligent--politicians in recent history. His political ideas are sophisticated, yet easily communicated. His published memoirs are considered a fine specimen of political literature. He is a brilliant orator, leaving spectacular crescendos and deafening pauses to resonate through the audience. He has no trouble using the words capisce and chutzpah in the same sentence, and he comes out sounding like a mensch every time. He is, in a word, inspiring...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, Of PORT Washington, and New York, S | Title: The Mario Scenario | 9/18/1991 | See Source »

BOOKS Alan Dershowitz lives up to the title of his new book: Chutzpah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

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