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...counterfeit intimacy, but his oily modulations couldn't erase the public's suspicion of phoniness; a salesman can't close the deal if his prospective customers know what they're hearing is just a pitch. On TV, his stabs at an intimate geniality showed the effort more than the effect, as if invisible wires were pulling his mouth into a smile. This was the Nixon so easily caricatured by political cartoonists and comedy impressionists; Langella gets all these elements but adds a certain poignant grandeur...
...professor of English and Visual and Environmental Studies, has yet to exhaust the continuing relevance of Shakespeare’s works in contemporary society. Garber’s scholarly project is to emphasize that literature is not a static entity, but rather a dynamic force that can effect change. For instance, in “Coming of Age in Shakespeare,” she broached issues regarding identity and sexuality as seen in Shakespeare’s plays and related them to modern cultural trends. “I want to emphasize the way literature can have an effect upon...
...these policies are having an effect. From being one of the most wasteful cities in the U.S.--in the 1980s, Las Vegas used almost twice as much water per capita as did far wetter New York--Vegas may now get more economic bang for its water than any other place on earth. Though the city has grown by 300,000 people since 2002, it uses less water today than it did six years ago, and leakage is below 5%. "Failure is not an option," says Mulroy...
Junior No. 5 Katherine O’Donnell used corner and drop shots to great effect to record the most lopsided win of the day with a 9-0, 9-0, 9-1 pounding that that was over in 20 minutes...
...Consider that the multi-billion-dollar scale of Enron executives’ criminal conduct and its destructive effect on innocent people dwarfs the ant scam; however, former CEO Jeffrey Skilling received just 24 years in prison, and two of his associates (and accomplices) could win parole after just five years behind bars...