Word: gracefully
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Upon entering the club's Member's Lounge, one immediately notices the ancient decor. The wood paneling recalls "the olde days," and antique posters and yellowed photographs of past members grace the walls. A large sign hangs on the stairway landing, boasting the number of U.S. presidents who are former members, from John Adams to John F. Kennedy...
...student with strong opinions about the club says the change in the club membership merely reflects a shift in criteria. Students are now judged on looks and a certain social grace rather than on wealth and prep-school background, she says...
...Howards End, Forster's richest novel, has become Merchant Ivory's finest film. Elegant and powerful, accommodating collisions of class and temperament with the grace of a perfect Edwardian hostess, Howards End is the work to which all Merchant Ivory's other films have pointed and aspired...
...Myerson, 52, the charges signal a precipitous fall from grace. And as in Greek tragedy, his fate seems the result of a fundamental character flaw. Despite a hefty draw of $1.4 million from his $400-an-hour rate at the prestigious New York law firm of Myerson & Kuhn, Myerson's profligate life- style -- featuring Ferraris and Rolls-Royces, five homes, 20th century art and foot-long Cuban cigars -- called for even more. In 1988, for example, Myerson took family members on a chartered-jet vacation to Maine -- and allegedly billed client Shearson Lehman (without the firm's knowledge...
Maria the Model (Hannah Feldman), unfortunately dilutes some of this cohesiveness. Kind of like a Ford engine in a Ferrari, she never fully realizes Maria's character. Her stage presence is awkward, self-conscious at times, and she can't quite seem to match the grace and speed with which the other actors shift gears...