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...plays Dandini, the Prince’s valet—or “Prince-for-a-day,” as he calls himself. The two stepsisters (Allison C. Smith ’06 and Fidelma-Leonor Cobas ’04) are laughably sycophantish, especially when they are upstaged by mistaken identity part deux: Could the dazzling woman at the ball be their tireless servant who toils in the cinders...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Opera Review | 2/21/2003 | See Source »

...film begins with a description of what things were like during the fall preceding McCarthy's candidacy. There is Johnson making his famous statement about American boys not fighting in Asians' wars; McCarthy walking out of a Senate hearing as Nicholas Katzenbach defended the administration; Robert Kennedy reading a sycophantish introduction of Johnson while Lyndon peers at him like a threatening watch...

Author: By William B. Hamilton, | Title: New Hampshire-Two Years Later | 3/21/1970 | See Source »

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