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...given you a chance to work with an extraordinary number of British acting royalty. Which ones have had the greatest effect on you? - Frank Hibrant, Cincinnati, Ohio The two that have had the biggest effect on me would be Gary Oldman, who I became very close to, and Imelda Staunton. They're both wonderful people and wonderful actors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Daniel Radcliffe | 7/16/2009 | See Source »

...lobbyists for Big Pharma and insurance want us to have, thereby guaranteeing their continued profits and campaign donations. It is discouraging to see business prevailing as usual while Americans wait to have a system that's at least as good as those of other industrialized nations. Jean Quinlan, STAUNTON...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

...Spencer’s immersion in higher education began early—her father served as president of Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Va. from 1957 to 1968 and Davidson College in North Carolina from...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Right-Hand Woman | 6/4/2008 | See Source »

...meeting started when Larry Staunton, a professor of physics and astronomy and hence the only person capable of caucus math, went over all the procedures. The packed room immediately motioned to eliminate candidate speeches, voting over platforms, reading letters from the governor, and electing, among other party positions, members for the "the committee on committees." A tear welled in my eye as I realized how beautiful democracy can be. Then they passed around an envelope to stuff cash in for the party, and my eyes dried right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democracy, Without Brownies | 1/4/2008 | See Source »

...their sympathizers were rounded up under the Third Reich. The Ministry of Magic comes to resemble The Ministry of Truth from 1984, complete with a pseudo-Fascist bureaucracy and a Muggle-Born Registration Commission headed by no less a personage than Dolores Umbridge (now permanently merged with Imelda Staunton, thanks to Staunton's indelible performance in the movie version of Order of the Phoenix). Rowling has never been a risk-taker, politically speaking, and this is hardly a subtle or controversial tack to take, but it's one we can all be relied on to get together and be outraged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Harry Potter's Last Adventure | 7/21/2007 | See Source »

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