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...cult of good manners through the character of the overly-virtuous village beauty, Rose Maybud, whose comical reliance on a book of ladies etiquette is played to the hilt throughout the show. Callan Barrett is perfectly cast as Rose, exaggerating all of her ultra-feminine gestures, right from the outset of her tiptoeing, eye lash-batting and basket-carrying entrance. Rose's inward pureness is further demonstrated by her costume of nothing less than a sparkling white wedding dress, complete with a lace veil...
...which the Florida relatives had pushed and said that Elian might even leave with his father if all went well, government officials told the media the handover was a done deal. Still, the very fact that the most important Cuban exile organization, which played a leading role from the outset in the campaign to keep Elian here, is now involved in brokering an agreement to reunite the boy with his father suggests the standoff is very near...
...took 2 1/2 months to prepare the financial and legal requirements for the Growth Enterprise Market listing. Cheng and his team had envisioned a grander debut. They wanted to be on NASDAQ from the outset. But a plea from GEM's chairman, they say, persuaded them to list locally. Timeless had secured $13 million in capital from Taipei-based angel/investor Crimson Asia Capita; the GEM listing raised an additional $58 million...
...ease with which Harvard blocked kill attempts wore on the nerves of certain Pioneer players. For instance, Sacred Heart senior setter Brian Cotte earned a rarely-used yellow card for excessive use of expletives at the outset of the second game...
...their opinions on television. Their charitable foundations, growing enormously, are taking government's place as the national laboratory for public projects and social innovation. Never mind the Microsoft antitrust suit. The literally murderous personal rage against rich people that was so much a feature of American life at the outset of the 20th century is today almost nowhere to be found...