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...education begins. Voltaire is the God of Versailles, and his works are its Bible. Through the doctor, Gregoire learns the rules underlying the smooth facade of verbal exchanges. "Be witty, sharp and malicious," is the basic idea, but he must never laugh at his own jokes. A good jab can make him the talk of the court, but unfortunately, so can a bad one. We see the doctor agonizing the next day about a comeback that he had jumbled the night before...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sex, Lies and Aristocrats at Versailles | 12/12/1996 | See Source »

...kinda like a boxer...taking a jab here at safety, and a job here at the Ad Board. I want to bring the students into the ring with the U.C." Selamawi H. Asgedom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Overheard at the U.C. Debate | 12/6/1996 | See Source »

...them selves, other than Michael A. O'Mary '99, who began two of three responses by attempting to ride high on Rawlins' coattails. Joseph A. Sena '99 (yet another Crimson editor) gave thoughtful if lackluster answers. Selamawi H. Asgedom '99 offered a unique council-as-boxer image ("a little jab at safety, a little jab at student representation on the Ad Board") but faded toward the end of each speech. And Ethan G. Russell '98 provided the requisite laughs with his admission, "It seems that every time I get up here I put my foot in my mouth...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: THE U.C. DEBATE | 12/6/1996 | See Source »

...scary thirst for adoration--not to mention, as his career progressed and then faltered, an underlying rage. In fact, Levy argues convincingly that Lewis' Nutty Professor alter ego, the suave, egotistical and nasty crooner Buddy Love, is more a knowing self-portrait than, as is generally assumed, a satiric jab at Martin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: THE NUTTY BIOGRAPHEE | 7/29/1996 | See Source »

...Olympic basketball team, which trademarked the name, is going to win in Atlanta, barring a natural disaster or an alien invasion. We know that Shaquille O'Neal is going to be slamming on Angola, that Gary Payton will be stripping Croatia of the ball and that Charles Barkley will jab Lithuania with his elbows. Americans may love every moment of it, but they'll know the outcome of every game. There will be no dream there, only the hard realism of superiority. The players on the women's squad, though, are still dreaming. "We're going to have to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BASKETBALL: DREAM GIRLS | 7/22/1996 | See Source »

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