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...many of the same sources who suggestedSummers as a candidate seemed bewildered thatsomeone who appears so politically ambitious wouldmove into a relatively staid deanship...
Welles' talent for aging into the bitter, declining Kane is truly remarkable. And as the young Kane, full of fire and utopian spirit, he is unstoppable. Sweeping through the staid New York Inquirer, the young man announces that the paper is to enter a new era, "If the headline is big enough, it makes the news big enough!" Kane soon proves that his new journalism sells--that he can fight for the downtrodden while boosting his circulation; that he can create wars with a run of his press; and power in the world can't bring him what he wants...
Bring on the chamber pots and powdered wigs! Don't be turned off by a dry title announcing a seemingly dry period of history. "The Madness of King George" is a wild ride in a staid carriage. Virtually identical to British playwright Alan Bennett's very successful original stage play, Nicholas Hynter's film is not only great entertainment, but quality cinema...
...executive producer Dianne Atkinson Hudson. The show is still capable of sensational moments, such as Winfrey's on-air confession two weeks ago that she had used cocaine. But most of her recent topics-couples with credit problems, people who have had bad experiences calling 911-would seem hopelessly staid to her voyeuristic competitors...
...attraction went deeper than mutual admiration and concern. It was as if each woman saw in the other an uncompleted part of herself. The staid Old World thinker, comfortably married to a college professor, undoubtedly took vicarious enjoyment in McCarthy's romantic affairs. Arendt, six years younger than her friend, personified a high culture unattainable in America. McCarthy died in 1989, having spent nearly the last third of her life in Europe with her fourth and final husband...