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...From a Goldman Sachs recruiting cover letter: Fifteen Minutes exemplifies all the qualities I hope to bring to your institution—dedication, wit, a love of the craft and, above all, a subtle mix of both overt arrogance and unabashed obsequiousness...
Myth: Véronique is a mild-mannered VES concentrator in Leverett House with a unique fashion sense and a biting wit...
Fact: Better known as “Madame Veronica,” Véronique is actually a part-time flash dancer, part-time brothel owner masquerading as a mild-mannered VES concentrator in Leverett House with a unique fashion sense and a biting wit. Her documentary film, “How I Pretended To Be a Mild-Mannered Harvard Student, Even Though I’m Actually a Sex Fiend,” will premier on Bravo! at 5 a.m. next Wednesday...
...play, which is advertised as a mixture of “Fawlty Towers and Sex In the City” among many other famous comedic successes, has been delighting sold outcrowds since it opened this past weekend. The all-student cast manage to capture with inimitable wit the work of Ray Cooney, often regarded as the “greatest living English farceur.” Set in the illustrious Westminster Hotel, the play tells the story of what happens when junior minister of the British Parliament Mr. Richard Willey (Hugh Malone ’08) decides to participate...
...children on adventures, then denies they ever happened - "her face was dark and terrible ? her very apron crackling with anger," writes Travers. Says Fellowes: "That contrast between the tough, cross nanny whom the adults can accept and the magical woman who takes the children on these journeys is the wit of the character." Getting the show together in the first place was a coup de theatre. Mackintosh had secured the rights to stage the books, but Disney owned the Sherman Brothers songs from its film version. Neither party would entertain the idea of collaboration until Schumacher arranged a secret meeting...