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...ranking leaders of the tribe--humbled and ridiculed by the insults of the people. A young prince steps forward, his head held high, his shield and spear in hand: "Follow me," he beckons to the people, "this evil king betrays his sacred trust." More princes and military captains mimic his example, defiling the name of the monarch and calling the people to rebellion. Then, remarkably, these same slanderers of the king exhort him to lead them...

Author: By Harry Hurt, | Title: Our Drama of Kingship | 4/18/1974 | See Source »

...supposed to do," says Wright, "except that he was supposed to have an opinion." Having few firm views on current affairs, he was forced to educate himself rapidly. Wright also faced tough competition from Bill Mauldin and Herblock, whose syndicated work was available to News editors. Wright proceeded to mimic their styles "because they were supposed to be the best." Looking back on his early efforts, Wright wonders "why the hell the paper ever stuck with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Trying to Be Vicious | 2/11/1974 | See Source »

Goldfein, a former teacher of history and economics, is also a highly gifted mimic, and this fact permits a discovery whose triviality cannot be exaggerated: all the great thinkers of history (except maybe Hegel, dot krautkopf) talk and think in exactly the same speech and prose patterns! A further discovery is even more exciting: These patterns are also those of Alan Goldfein! Naturally it is for philosophers to decide the implications of this. In the meantime, we are greatly in Goldfein's debt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Vot Ve Got Here? | 10/15/1973 | See Source »

...clear, called Deputy Press Secretary Gerald Warren to confirm the report. No, Warren said, the President had not called, but added that Nixon did indeed thank him for his support. Further consolation came last week in the form of personal letters from both Richard and Pat. But the phantom mimic is still at large...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: But He Sounded Perfectly Clear | 10/1/1973 | See Source »

...Sergeant Bilko's platoon. It includes a 300-lb. spring maker, a Welsh barrister, a teacher from the Scottish highlands and an insurance manager from one of London's blue-blood suburbs. Their leader is an engaging aristocrat, Jeremy Thorpe, 44, an amateur violinist and accomplished mimic whose ancestors were serving in Parliament in the 14th century. Now the band has been joined by David Austick, a bald lay preacher and bookseller, and Clement Freud, an antic journalist and television personality who, besides being Sigmund's grandson, is best known to the British electorate for his baleful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Freudian Slip | 8/13/1973 | See Source »

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