Word: manneredness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The first few lines of the Currier House Drama Society's production of The Importance of Being Earnest are truly horrifying. As Lane (Todd Brun) and Algernon (John Goldstone) begin to converse in what are meant to be highly mannered British accents, insidious comparisons immediately flood the viewer's mind...
Once this initial reaction passes, however, a realization sets in: in this most mannered of British comedies, mannerisms make the man, and it is precisely the manner in which such manners are managed that makes this production a modest success.
But Harvard's generous, mild-mannered Dr. Jekyll side showed up March 25 in its 7-6 victory over an inferior Army team in the Ohiri Field mud.
The choice of Gingrich, a former history professor, may mean an era of confrontational politics in the House, where Democrats outnumber Republicans 258 to 174. By selecting the aggressive Gingrich over his mild-mannered rival, Illinois' Edward Madigan, House Republicans signaled that they want more lash in their whip. "We...
The only part of the book that Bellow develops fully is Clara's character. Her name says it all: She is a combination of a naive, good-mannered, rural woman (Clara) and a lustful, svelte, executive yuppie (Velde). Bellow actually addresses the reader, as if to say that Clara, and...