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...Juan Carlos' retort to the Venezuelan president - "Why don't you shut up?" - seemed shockingly uncharacteristic. But a statement from the Palace on Tuesday may have offered a bit of context on the royal mood: the king's eldest child, the infanta Elena, was separating "temporarily" from her aristocratic husband, Jaime de Marichalar. Could His Majesty - coolheaded impeder of military coups, tireless inaugurator of schools and hospitals, diplomatic booster of all things Spanish - be feeling a little family stress...
...also a wonderful rapport between the characters. The two daughters-in-law, Maggie and Mae (Olivia A. Benowitz ’09), are comically catty, and Elyssa Jakim ’10 is exquisite in each of Big Mama’s various personas. She overbearingly clings to her husband, nauseatingly caresses her son Brick, and is alternately sweet and severe to her daughters-in-law. All the time, her nasal voice and fluttering motions create the perfect, crumbling image of the Southern plantation mistress...
...cannot be stressed enough how vibrantly each actor portrays his or her character. The cast is a treasure chest, with gems even among the minor characters: Benowitz is fabulously annoying and provides much-needed comic relief, while her character’s husband, Jeffrey C. Witt ’09, is every inch the smooth Southern lawyer, right down to the immaculate part of his hair...
Ever since last month's debate in Philadelphia, Hillary Clinton's opponents have been clamoring for her and her husband to release all the papers from the National Archives pertaining to her role in his presidency. After all, they claim, what better way to judge the experience that she cites as her chief qualification to hold Bill Clinton's old job? So is Clinton holding something back, as her rivals suggest, or is this simply, as she insists, a question of moving "as quickly as our circumstances and the processes of the National Archives permits...
...Loyalty to the club you chose in childhood is expected to last a lifetime," says Carlin. "You are expected to die still supporting that club. A man can change wife, or a woman her husband, they can change occupation, but if they are people of honor, it is unthinkable they will ever change soccer club." And in the case of the most devoted Boca fans and their beloved team, not even death need break the bond...