Word: manneredness
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State Department officials have insisted, however, that the Israelis must first tighten the country's belt several notches. In a 90-min. session with Finance Minister Yitzhak Moda'i last week, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Samuel Lewis abandoned his mild-mannered style to deliver a stern lecture on...
That night Helms and James Hunt, 47, the Democrat who hopes to wrest away his seat, met in the second of four scheduled television debates. It was a battle of the Old South vs. the New. Hunt is North Carolina's popular, two-term Governor, an earnest, mild-mannered...
In the carefully mannered world of the Viennese court, such treachery is not hard to achieve. By playing off the Italian and German musical factions, Salieri insures that Mozart's operas--such as Don Giovanni and The Marriage of Figaro--are yanked from the stage after only a handful of...
One measure of great literature is its capacity to serve as a mirror, allowing each interpreter to see his own concerns reflected. By that standard, Rumanian Director Lucian Pintilie's vision of Tartuffe-a portrait of an absurdist, spy-flecked totalitarian state-is not only legitimate but a tribute...
For Baryshnikov, who will remain as artistic director, Cinderella is a break with his Russian heritage. So far, he has staged two full-length ballets for A.B.T, The Nutcracker and Don Quixote; both of them are lively but well-mannered variations of traditional Russian models. That he wanted something bolder...