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...From her first appearance, as the kid sister of Samson's beloved, she is obviously excited by Samson's body, and her reaction to his outwrestling a lion is explicitly sexual. DeMille tentatively suggests Delilah's role as emasculating bitch (at one point she turns Samson into a docile houseboy), but ultimately backs away from this idea and has her "repent." Still, between DeMille's perversity and Hedy Lamarr's devastating charms, Delilah emerges as a highly unusual, if unresolved, extrapolation of the Bible...

Author: By Stephen Kaplan, | Title: Samson and Delilah | 4/27/1968 | See Source »

Need for Spontaneity. Kenyatta paid close attention to diplomatic detail: antagonists were seated well apart from one another; security guards were watchful but unobtrusive (two were stationed in the attic of Government House); detailed instructions were posted all the way down to the houseboy level. "It should be noted that guests from Ethiopia are partial to good strong coffee," read one notice. The leaders met in Kenyatta's library-the most soundproof room in the mansion. There was purposely no agenda, for, as Jomo said: "That would have deprived us of spontaneity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa: Sense at the Summit | 4/8/1966 | See Source »

...notion that the diplomat's life abroad is cushioned by platoons of perfectly trained servants, Villard lays it to rest by describing the time that a West African houseboy was shown how to garnish a wild boar for an important dinner. "Consternation reigned," says Villard, "when the dish was triumphantly brought in, apple clenched firmly between the houseboy's teeth, parsley protruding from his nose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Kind Words for Mr. Bastard | 10/1/1965 | See Source »

...complains: "Is that all? Is that all?" In his office he swivels constantly like a metronome while he scribbles short answers to memos, receives visitors or pores over the pieces from newspapers and magazines that are clipped for him by Stella Russell, by his secretary, and by his Negro houseboy who, Simon insists, has a nose for news. Eternally restless, he constantly tweaks his ears, rubs his eyes, pulls at his neck, scratches his ankle, and chews constantly on a phenomenal number of Italian caramels that somehow do not seem to increase his steady weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Management: The Corporate Cezanne | 6/4/1965 | See Source »

...afternoon, and the Bantu houseboy is in the living room cleaning the carpet. Someone has left the TV on. The boy looks up at the screen, sees a chorus line of white girls in scanty costumes. Suddenly seized by lust, he runs upstairs and rapes the lady of the house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: The Other Vast Wasteland | 11/20/1964 | See Source »

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