Word: machiavellis
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...tongue-in-cheek humor counters much ofits sentimentality, the movie ultimatelyincorporates too many looming issues for it toescape cliche. At times the script just tries abit too hard: in an attempt to make Sonnydifferent from all the other mobsters in previousfilms, Palminteri has made Sonny a gangster who'sread Machiavelli in the joint and can now lectureabout the distinction between feared and hatedleaders. Unfortunately, the weak ending, whichtries to tie all the ends together in one fellswoop, does nothing to resurrect the film...
...Niccolo Machiavelli...
Bill Clinton, apostle of the new and different, a President who has already proved Machiavelli's assertion, asks to be judged by the toughest standard imaginable. Throughout the campaign, Clinton routinely promised a first 100 days reminiscent of Franklin Roosevelt's action-filled three-month push to lift America from the Great Depression. No matter that the F.D.R. yardstick is arbitrary -- and even foolish given the blessed lack of a galvanizing crisis like the one America faced in 1933. "I think it's been a very productive 100 days . . . we've made terrific progress," White House press secretary...
...says a Clinton aide. "The one where a Senator said that while everyone respects Bill and wants to work with him, the problem is that no one fears him. People were talking about his being easy to roll, and people who'd never read The Prince were quoting Machiavelli's line that it's better to be feared than loved. He didn't say it in so many words, but that's the view he bought. He'd gotten here, for chrisakes, and the polls said the people were with him, so he decided he'd stick...
Mansfield has several strong reasons to stay at Harvard. The professor, an expert on the work of Niccolo Machiavelli, has built his career at Harvard and has built strong ties in the University community, according to one source...