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...transformed man. Gone is the leftist firebrand who coyly refused to discipline the mob that brought him to power. Gone too is the self-righteous, mercurial contrarian of Washington exile. In their place is a man whom experience has imbued with wisdom, a newfound respect for dialogue and a deft skill for the politics of pragmatism...
...addition to being a deft humorist, Hughes is also an intellectual and radical bandit. Chic but never showy, Hughes treats nothing as sacred in her clever analysis. At one point during a conversation, a pause ensues as the actors look deeply introspective. A voice over says, "You are now witnessing a Pinteresque pause. If this were a Pinter play, there would be a lot of these." There are also "commercials" during the play spoofing consumerism and suburbia...
When Sproule's penalty expired, the Crimson was still faced with a five-on-four situation. But thanks to more solid defensive play and deft goaltending by junior Tripp Tracy, Harvard withstood the two minute assault...
...home-state pork with a passion. But Armey advocated giving a bipartisan commission the full authority to do the job. Passage of this measure altered his reputation as a legislator, proving that he could listen and persuade. Yet his highest skill lies in attack by ridicule, usually through the deft use of symbolism. It was Armey who first unveiled a Byzantine chart of the Clinton health plan that reduced it to a visual cacaphony of arrows, boxes and fine print. The image was devastating...
Cinema: Woody Allen's latest is deft and funny and profound...