Word: inquisitor
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...dazzlingly talented—are Alu and Jackson; when they combine with their husbands for their “In a Contemplative Fashion” number, the entertainment reaches a pinnacle (director Leigh Shapiro deserves some credit for this, too). Bo Meng ’06, as Spanish Grand Inquisitor Don Alhambra, projects with fantastic clarity—even accounting for the Ag’s miserable acoustics, his song “I Stole The Prince” is great—and he demonstrates a keen grasp of physical comedy. Luiz, in a quintessentially G&S role, gets...
...maudlin religiosity. It takes a strong stomach to love his popeyed penitents or some of his more beseeching Virgins. His real-world portraits, among the first in European art to probe psychology, were another matter. Look at his magnificent account of a cardinal who is probably the Grand Inquisitor himself--Nino de Guevara, Spain's Inquisitor General. Armored in his robes, with a mysterious letter dropped at his feet, he unnerves you with a gaze that refuses to meet yours...
...famous foreign resident, the Dalai Lama? A junior correspondent queried whether the aging Prime Minister would be around to complete New Delhi's rapprochement with Beijing. Another contrasted China's soaring economic progress with India's bureaucracy-bound growth. Vajpayee held up his hands and grinned at his last inquisitor. "Give me another five years," he said. "We'll get there...
...know what Harry and his friends are up against there. The High Inquisitor begins at Hogwarts on a campaign to check up on professors she suspects are charlatans, going to their classes and interviewing them about their training and teaching habits. Soon she’s mortally offended a couple, including Professor Trelawney, who tells her class: “I have been insulted, certainly…Insinuations have been made against me.Unfounded accusations levelled.” Who’s responsible? “The establishment! Yes, those with eyes too clouded by the Mundane...
...High Inquisitor doesn’t just make enemies on the faculty. One of her first decrees in Order of the Phoenix immediately disbands all extracurricular activities. It would be convenient if the policy aimed to allow students more time to focus on academics, but it doesn’t—it’s merely that the High Inquisitor wants to be able to approve each student group before it re-forms...