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Dirksen's oratory succeeded in part because it functioned simultaneously as a satire upon oratory, in somewhat the way that Mae West has always been a walking satire upon sex. But all of and splendor, with his rapscallion rhapsodies and hints of the mountebank, could not conceal a small truth about what that ahead for the ancient discipline of rhetoric: an art that wanes into self-mockery is dying...
...this variety, however, cannot conceal that Moriarty's Richard (with the physical deformities downplayed) is essentially a rather weak adolescent for whom the world is little more than a plaything people by toy dolls. Indeed, in several of the scenes in which he does not figure, Moriarty remains quietly on stage left, observing the game as it is played out. But there are times when Richard should convey a demanic drive, should impress us with a larger-than-life size. Instead, we have a chap who becomes nauseated on seeing Hastings' severed head; who, on speaking the famous line...
...registered last month as a Libyan agent. Billy then stated that he had received a Libyan "loan" in January-not December. Lisker said last week that these discrepancies "call into question the veracity of his entire registration statement." If the Justice Department can prove that Billy was trying to conceal something when he made the false statements, he could be sent to prison for up to five years and fined $10,000. At week's end, however, the department was not planning to take any action against Billy because of problems of proving his intent. Said an official: "Billy...
Republicans could barely conceal their glee. Candidate Reagan sounded artfully sympathetic, saying, "You cannot confine relatives of elected officials to not having careers of their own." A Reagan aide was more direct: "The thing is going along just fine without any help from...
...film genres, the thriller is the most dependent on directorial technique. Using camera tracks, point-of-view shots and disorienting cuts, the director can reveal or conceal, lead and mislead the viewer into a position as vulnerable as that of a fair-haired virgin in an old dark house. De Palma knows all about this. His camera glides down corridors and through rooms as elegantly as a downhill racer with murder on his mind. His actors of ten move at an otherworldly pace that recalls the stylized slowness of silent movies-especially in a wordless sequence that lasts almost half...