Word: personae
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...Smith always seemed artificial and forced to sing in a register below his comfort level. The one bright spot was Chuck Wagner, a man with a long list of Broadway credits, who stole all his scenes as General Harrison Howell, thanks to his booming baritone, robust comic persona, and classic good looks (all of which suggest that the tour would be better served with him in the lead...
...name a few. But Best Movie Star? No contest. And that's because she is the biggest female box-office draw, even in films that are often of so-so quality. She does best the thing that only movie stars do. By the mysterious force of her public persona, she digs a channel into our most closely guarded yearnings...
...revolving samples of her trademark suits, but also a room devoted to her jewelry - faux when everyone else was wearing real, and real in 1932 when economic depression was forcing everyone into faux. There's also a room devoted to Chanel No. 5 and a room dedicated to her persona, including a 15-min. interview that first aired on French TV. "Sometimes we Belgians are a little too serious about fashion," says Van Saene. "Coco has the French flair - you know, gesturing with her cigarette. She's always so frank." The French may have the flair, but in fashion...
When Bob Mueller took the helm of the Justice Department's criminal division in 1990, his subordinates liked to tease him about his Ivy-League roots, his stiffly formal public persona and the pressed blue jeans that were his idea of dressed-down for Saturdays in the office. His high WASP name - Robert Swan Mueller III - spawned the nickname "Bobby Three Sticks...
...part of Hunter's life that would change most drastically, however, was the one belonging to his other persona--Shotgun Shane Sawyer, professional wrestler on the western Carolina circuits, which fall a long step below the World Wrestling Federation follies featured on TV. As he lay in his Duke hospital bed, Hunter, as Shotgun, promised surgeon Tuttle that he would not only one day wrestle again but also personally subject her to one of wrestling's more flamboyant moves, the overhead, body-rotating Airplane Spin...