Word: lagomarsino
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...evident strain: creating a believable family that seems both quirky and emblematic; exploring issues of Jewish self-hatred; giving hints of The Glass Menagerie and then taking a sharp right turn. Hollywood will probably shower the play with stars, but most likely will miss the delicacy of Ron Lagomarsino's understated direction and Dana Ivey's touching performance as Lala's stern, no-nonsense mother. She can get a laugh and evoke a lifetime of prefeminist frustration with a single line ("If I were running the Dixie Bedding Company, we'd all be rich by now") and find fresh heartbreak...
...Nofziger (both political consultants to Ronald Reagan), the formerly disgraced Ed Rollins (who claimed, then later denied that he paid black ministers for their indifference to help his New Jersey gubernatorial candidate) and admaker Larry McCarthy (of Willie Horton fame). They have made him virtually tamperproof. Republican Congressman Robert Lagomarsino couldn't crack his veneer when the tall Texan appeared out of nowhere to beat him in 1992. Nor could Huffington's Senate primary opponent, former Congressman William Dannemeyer. Huffington sent his wife Arianna Stassinopoulos to debate Dannemeyer -- six times -- instead of going himself. "Campaigning against Huffington," says Dannemeyer...
...these, the highest profile belongs to California's Huffington, who paid out a record $5.4 million in 1992 to win a seat in the House. Most went to media markets: "He was on all channels all the time. I got sick, I couldn't watch anything," recalls loser Bob Lagomarsino. After only a year as a Representative, Huffington announced his 1994 Senate bid. His progress has been steady: while polls in April gave him only 30% against incumbent Dianne Feinstein's 56%, by May he had narrowed...