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Presiding over this inferno is the creepily complacent Cupid, played by John Kelly with mesmerizing deliberateness. Far from the cherubic toddler of Valentine’s Day, this pale, stealthy god takes malevolent pleasure in characters’ seduction and subsequent destruction.

Author: By Laura E. Kolbe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ARTSMONDAY: Taste of Ashes in 'Dido' | 3/21/2005 | See Source »

The old story of Utopian Marxist ideological dream turned into brutal, malevolent history becomes, in this telling, an exploration of personality. Here we have Victor Abakumov, Stalin's head of secret police: "Abakumov ... was another colorful, swaggering torturer, amoral condottiere and 'zoological careerist' who possessed all Beria's sadism but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Not Your Average Joe | 2/17/2005 | See Source »

But the chain can start again, as the residents of Srisomboon are now aware. They've turned to local monks to rid the village of malevolent spirits. "The evil that happened here in the last month was a sign," says village chief Hao Juikratoke. "We have done something wrong and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Sickness Spreads | 10/4/2004 | See Source »

The modern tricks of the wizardocracy--polls and focus groups--are not inherently malevolent. They are only as banal as the people who read them. Bill Clinton was a master: it was a focus group that taught him that it was better to "invest" in education than to "spend" on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trouble with Polls and Focus Groups | 10/4/2004 | See Source »

This time Thursday is operating in the real world, pursuing a malevolent fictional character named Yorrick Kaine, who has managed to escape his native novel and is trying to become dictator of Britain. The narrative involves the Cheshire cat, cloned Neanderthals, Thursday's 2-year-old son (who is named...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Paper Chase | 8/2/2004 | See Source »

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