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...accused, a tall, impeccably tailored man with ramrod-straight posture and austere mien, is a member of the Danish branch of an old and distinguished German family. Among his ancestors: Conductor Hans von Bülow, husband of Franz Liszt's daughter. Sent to England during World War II, Von Bülow studied law at Cambridge. His reputation as a bright barrister attracted Oil Billionaire J. Paul Getty, who made him a chief aide. Getty called him "an extra right arm" and said he had "a rapier-quick mind and a penchant for hard work...
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains K All for You. Christopher Durang's damnably funny satire on Roman Catholic education, faith and dogma. Elizabeth Franz is a holy terror as a schoolteacher...
...wrinkles, switching from exuberant marches to minor ballads with a fluency that went unnoticed in his postgraduate period. Gary Pearle and Mary Kyte's galvanic direction aids the songs when it whispers and distorts them when it shouts. Sans extraneous props, the quartet of soloists, MacIntyre Dixon, Joy Franz, Jonathan Hadary and Donald Corren, embody the Lampoon spirit of Tomfoolery and if at times they breathe too hard, it is not their age but the material's. Tom Lehrer "admits to 53, but prefers to think of it as 11 Celsius...
...much momentum that if a vote were held today, it would win a clear majority of 50.3%. That is a remarkable comeback for a party that suffered the worst defeat in its history only a year ago, when Schmidt's coalition trounced the conservative Minister-President of Bavaria, Franz Josef Strauss, 53.5% to 44.5%, in the national elections, winning 271 seats in the Bundestag, against a total of 226 for the C.D.U. and its companion Christian Social Union...
Sister Mary Ignatius (Elizabeth Franz) has taught for many years at Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow school. She believes that to spare the rod is to spoil the child, perhaps eternally. Her rod is the catechism. Her prize pupil (Mark Stefan) can make pinpoint distinctions between venial and mortal sins. The sister pops a cookie into his mouth after each impeccable response, and Stefan plays the role with the precision of an ordained parrot...