| 单词 | Svengali |
| 例句 | Contemptuous of Oppenheimer’s arguments against the Super, he depicted Oppenheimer as a Svengali ruthlessly hypnotizing some of the world’s most sophisticated scientists into joining his opposition campaign. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z At one point in his diary he notes that he was reading Trilby, the 1894 best seller by George Du Maurier about a young singer, Trilby O’Farrell, and her possession by the mesmerist Svengali. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Yet in his heyday Blackwell went so far to avoid the limelight that few photos exist of him with Marley — he did not want to be seen as the white Svengali to a Black star. Chris Blackwell Is Music’s Quietest ‘Record Man.’ His Artists Speak Loudly. 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Kim Fowley, the mercurial and eccentric music producer and Svengali who created and managed the all-female rock group the Runaways in the 1970s, died Thursday after a long battle with bladder cancer. Kim Fowley, the eccentric L.A. producer-manager who created the Runaways, is dead at 75 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The cosmopolitan George du Maurier — author of “Trilby,” the tale of the singer hypnotized by the evil Svengali — recalled her, quite simply, as one of the three most beautiful women he had ever seen. ‘Wilde’s Women’: the surprising force behind Oscar’s fame and success 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z “We are all weighed down by the physical form,” Claire says; Ira, her Svengali, “is past the physical form.” Review: In ‘Faults,’ Mind Games Don’t End Beyond the Cult 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z As Summers described in the documentary, Miller and Monroe's relationship was essentially a "Svengali situation." The 6 most heartbreaking Marilyn Monroe moments from Netflix’s “The Unheard Tapes" documentary 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z There is little documentation from the Velvet Underground period, for example, and scant trace of Andy Warhol, the group’s early manager and Svengali. Lou Reed Archives Head to New York Public Library 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z The deaths of her father and daughter followed, and her remaining child, the feckless King Tommen, was co-opted first by his wife Margaery and then by a religious zealot Svengali, the High Sparrow. ‘Game of Thrones’: 8 Questions for the Finale 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z The girls, well shy of their 18th birthdays, play their own instruments and write some of their own material, but their unscrupulous Svengali keeps all the control and most of the money. Movie Review | 'The Runaways': Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart as Rock ?n? Roll Idols 2010-03-18T22:06:00Z Is “IRM” merely the latest record in which her primary function is to play muse for a male Svengali? 2010-01-23T15:48:00Z Mr. Davis never liked being called a Svengali for what he did with Ms. Houston. Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z They’re not concentrated geographically in places like Tin Pan Alley or the Brill Building though, and they’re not the total Svengalis of the old days. Music: Want a Hit? Keep It Simple 2010-12-31T19:49:03Z Stephen K. Bannon, the president’s deposed Svengali, slammed them as the “opposition party.” Perspective | Roy Moore thought attacking the press could save his campaign. Voters opted for the truth. 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Hadden Paton is 3 or 4 years younger than Ms. Ambrose, so the idea of an older Henry Higgins serving as mentor/Svengali to a younger Eliza Doolittle may prove challenging. Lauren Ambrose Finally Gets Her Musical 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Though Hersov is careful not to push these parallels too far, his staging vividly brings to mind the callous egotism of modern-day Svengalis. Pygmalion 2010-05-18T20:29:00Z Bacall treated him as a surrogate father, and understood only later that he always wanted to be Svengali, making over a kid from nowhere into his desirable girl. Lauren Bacall obituary 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Evenson is the Svengali of horror fiction, a hypnotic artist whose work lures one in sentence by sentence, only to shock with insight. Read It and Scream 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z She registers principally as an attractive but passive Trilby to her Svengali mentor-lover, a choreographer played by a glowering Michael Berresse. ‘The Band Wagon’ Stars Brian Stokes Mitchell 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z Lou Pearlman, who died on Saturday in federal prison in Texarkana, Arkansas, at the age of sixty-two, was arguably the great pop Svengali of our time. We Live in the Pop-Culture World That Lou Pearlman Created 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z There’s also a large card-catalog-like cabinet, its drawers fitted with teasing labels like, “Svengali. Stripper. Invisible.” Fool Me Twice? Yes, Please 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z She had won accolades for her performance in “Mighty Aphrodite,” and “I thought Harvey was hung up on her in this Svengali kind of way,” Mr. Tarantino said. Tarantino on Weinstein: ‘I Knew Enough to Do More Than I Did’ 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z And of the charges he was restrictive and controlling, a Svengali figure? Tommy Mottola apologizes to Mariah in 'Hitmaker' 2013-01-31T15:53:15Z But he dismisses McLaren’s portrait of himself as a rock ’n’ roll Svengali who called the shots and manufactured the outrage. Hot Tracks: Summer’s Big Books on Rock, Pop, Soul and Jazz 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Kim Fowley, the Los Angeles rock ’n’ roll record producer, songwriter, publisher, promoter, singer, and Svengali — most famously for the Runaways, the mid-’70s girl group — died on Thursday at his home in Hollywood. Kim Fowley, Rock Producer and Svengali, Dies at 75 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z “I thought Harvey was hung up on her in this Svengali kind of way. Because he was infatuated with her, he horribly crossed the line.” Quentin Tarantino on Weinstein: 'I knew enough to do more than I did' 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z The fact that consumer preferences are used by influence Svengalis to sway votes means something else entirely. Cambridge Analytica Used Fashion Tastes to Identify Right-Wing Voters 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z That’s why it was a thoroughly lousy idea for the New Yorker magazine to offer a high-profile perch — an onstage interview by top editor David Remnick — at next month’s annual festival to the deposed Svengali. Perspective | Enough, already, with anything Steve Bannon has to say. We got it the first time. 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Unlike many female stars of her generation and stature, she has rarely ceded control to any manager, or mate, or Svengali. Barbra Streisand Sets the Record Straight 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z After taking one last meeting with her would-be Svengali, Sansa showed how much she’d learned by luring him into a fatal setup, before outlining his many offenses against the Starks as he groveled for mercy. ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 Finale: A Night for Family Reunions 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z NAKAMATS,” but the film certainly establishes Mr. Nakamatsu’s credentials as an eccentric, not to mention as a Svengali to middle-aged Japanese women. Week Ahead: Aug. 22 ? 28 2010-08-19T14:57:00Z "The inference that the state fire marshals sitting around the table are easily led by this Svengali — there were arguments back and forth of what we should get involved in," Brace said in an interview. Big Tobacco wins fire marshals as allies in flame retardant push 2012-05-08T05:00:00Z And he thought she would be perfect as Liquorice Montague, an unhinged Svengali who takes under her wing one of the show’s characters. Kathy Griffin Is Trying to Get Back on the D-List 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Wohl is also determined to refine the popular impression that her little sister was an innocent done in by Warhol’s Svengali. ‘As It Turns Out,’ a Sister’s Remembrance of Edie Sedgwick and Andy Warhol 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z She seems distracted, even absent, and I remember how Dad would refer to her as Svengali. 'Jesus, Ralph, you're dangerous' | Rupert Thomson 2010-03-27T00:36:00Z He said prosecutors at times portrayed Stern as a Svengali trying to control Smith for money, a claim he said was false. Conspiracy convictions tossed in Anna Nicole case 2011-01-07T05:46:04Z Early in his later marriage, the news media sometimes referred to Mr. Smith as Ann-Margret’s Svengali, suggesting that he manipulated her. Roger Smith, ‘77 Sunset Strip’ Actor and Manager of Ann-Margret, Dies at 84 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z The lawsuit cited numerous passages from Lynne Spears' book, "Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World," in which she described him as a "Svengali" and "predator." Britney Spears' mom loses defamation case appeal 2010-11-23T20:14:00Z Robert plays violent video games and admires Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s political Svengali. Ali Smith’s ‘Summer’ Ends a Funny, Political, Very Up-to-Date Quartet 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z It was Dad's belief that Ralph had undergone a profound change since meeting Vivian, and he had taken to calling her "Svengali". 'Jesus, Ralph, you're dangerous' | Rupert Thomson 2010-03-27T00:36:00Z Nor do we know what drew Martha into the thrall of Patrick, the Svengali of an agrarian sex commune whose sun-dappled fields and lithe young bodies suggest a spiritually ambitious Abercrombie & Fitch catalog. Movie Review: Elizabeth Olsen in ?Martha Marcy May Marlene? - Review 2011-10-20T22:19:32Z Johnny and Josh, her campaign Svengalis, said that joining the attack was the best move. 'The Good Wife' Recap: Bad-Boy Issues 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z Daft Punk have been fans since their teenage exposure to the 1974 cult movie “Phantom of the Paradise,” a rock satire directed by Brian De Palma that featured Mr. Williams as a malevolent Svengali. Daft Punk Gets Human With a New Album 2013-05-15T12:00:18Z As the narrative bounces between Berlin and Hollywood, Wieland deftly portrays Dietrich and von Sternberg as the Trilby and Svengali of the movies. ‘Dietrich & Riefenstahl’ review: Two women who made fateful choices 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Adam Neumann was the tall, handsome, barefoot, tequila-shooting, weed-smoking Svengali who booked rap stars for the office party, had aspirations to live forever, become the world's first trillionaire and expand his company to Mars. How WeWork’s founder flew too close to the sun 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Trump uses his Svengali act to mesmerize millions into believing he cares about them, when it's obvious that he is only running for president to try and keep his aging, flaccid backside out of prison. Joe Biden says the right things — in Lithuania. But does that even count? 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z He proceeded to appear live from the lobby on Bannon's podcast "War Room," joking with the onetime Trump Svengali about how all the authors in attendance should have dressed in drag. "Hyenas are communists": Right-wing story hour, part 1 — the banality of celebrity 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Later, McLaren would boast he was a "con man", a Svengali who twisted popular culture into nothing more than a convenient marketing gimmick. Dame Vivienne Westwood - the godmother of punk 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z “The reason it feels like everyone meshes together so well on screen is not because I’m some Svengali pulling the strings behind the scenes to get everyone on the same page,” he says. Rian Johnson's crash course in catching lightning in a bottle twice 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Tucci plays record producer Clive Davis, who signed Houston to Arista Records in 1983 at the age of 19, becoming a kind of Svengali to the young singer. Here are the movies everyone will be talking about this holiday season 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Israel’s electorate remains split between those who see Netanyahu as the caustic and corrupt “crime minister” and those who hail him as “King Bibi,” a savvy Svengali whose only crime is driving his opponents crazy. Netanyahu poised for possible return to power, dividing Israel again 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z After Ms. Pollok was charged last year, some of her relatives contended that she had fallen prey to a sophisticated Svengali figure. Sex-Cult Leader’s ‘Trusted Lieutenant’ Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z With his facility in the Arab internet as his secret weapon, he’s positioning himself as a Svengali of Arabic pop. Can Arabic-language pop conquer America? A Tarzana ingénue and her power manager say 'inshallah' 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z Almost immediately, the actress earned golden statue buzz for her “comeback” role as Svengali stripper Ramona. Jennifer Lopez is an icon. In ‘Halftime,’ she still has something to prove. 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z The character comes across as a kind of Svengali in the trailer: “There are some who’d make me out to be the villain of this here story,” he says. 21 summer films to get you excited about going to the movies again 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z His name has come up several times because Holmes is going to make this Svengali defense. John Carreyrou’s final chapter on Theranos 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Still, he was a Svengali to Waits, and everyone who knew him. Rickie Lee Jones remembers Chuck E. Weiss: 'He was a Svengali to Tom Waits and everyone who knew him' 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z What kind of Svengali powers — what kind of Mephistophelean charisma — might this aging Modesto defense attorney possess? Allegations of a wild murder conspiracy involving CHP officers, lawyer, wife, daughter 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z Many would answer “brainwashing” and point to bizarre rituals, charismatic Svengalis and groupthink. What really explains the sway of cults? It all comes down to their words, author says. 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z And it was not the only such concession in an appearance that seemed calculated to soften Mr. Cummings’ image as an all-knowing Svengali, whose ambition was nothing less than to revolutionize Britain’s hallowed civil service. ‘Lions Led by Donkeys’: Cummings Unloads on Johnson Government 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z What is he like, and do you buy this Svengali defense? John Carreyrou’s final chapter on Theranos 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z And Latif has charisma to burn as her dangerously seductive Svengali. Review | Journalist and terrorist play digital cat-and-mouse in the numbing thriller ‘Profile’ 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z Sinister Svengali hypnotizes young Trilby to fame as an opera singer in 1890s Paris. Movies on TV this week: 'The Great Escape' on TCM 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z She also writes that it has irritated her that over the years the story has been that “Justin was the Svengali and I was the dumb blond”. Twiggy: 'I don't think high fashion will ever move completely away from slimness' 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z With their growing roster of film and television projects, Oliveri and Vecchiarelli, both 43, now compete with the very same awards season Svengalis whose screenings and dinners they attended as magazine editors in years past. As Hollywood enters awards season, two rising stars in the publicity machine are making a name for themselves 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z I don’t buy their line of defense that he was her Svengali, that he manipulated her, that she was under his psychological grip. John Carreyrou’s final chapter on Theranos 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Russian President Vladimir Putin often seems like a tyrannical Svengali. Perspective | Putin’s power depends on his popularity. That makes him vulnerable. 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z There’s also a delightful Svengali to help us understand his gift: the Marquis, whose corruption is so complete that he’s in some ways the most free of them all. Review: A love note to Beirut and a lament for war — Rawi Hage's latest is a hell of a story 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z Not even the greatest Svengalis of the political consulting racket could convince their marks, er, candidates of such a thing. For de Blasio and Bullock, is it shoes or toilet paper? 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z As for the lurid writings of Trump’s immigration Svengali, Stephen Miller, they bear no hint of first-hand knowledge. Opinion | I’ve been to the border. Here’s what I learned. 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Cardona makes a fascinatingly loathsome Svengali, and Tan, digging into his slippery life story while breathlessly following the thread of her own painful memories, more than gives him his due. Review: Sandi Tan's documentary 'Shirkers' is a captivating journey into a lost cinematic past - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z “I guess he had a Rasputin/Svengali kind of spell on me.” Mueller’s Office Will Grill Him About Roger Stone. He Will Respond With Comedy. 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z For all its queasy-making gender dynamics, the show is built on an old romantic myth, in which the woman receiving the makeover by her social superior winds up humanizing the arrogant Svengali transforming her. Review: 'Pretty Woman' and 'Head Over Heels' try oh-so-hard to revive beauty and the beat for Broadway 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z Underground chemists spoke with reverence of a Svengali who produced and sold them high-quality sports drugs. At the Heart of a Vast Doping Network, an Alias 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Whether the company, even with the massive amounts of Facebook data it is accused of improperly mining, was the digital Svengali it marketed itself to be is very much in doubt. Was Cambridge Analytica a digital Svengali or snake-oil salesman? 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Featured as “The Great Manipulator” on the cover of Time magazine and depicted as the Grim Reaper on “Saturday Night Live,” Bannon leaned into the image of himself as a dark, all-powerful Svengali. Perspective | How Breitbart became just another right-wing Trump cheerleader 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z A master of reinvention, he went on to work as an executive with the Goldman Sachs bank, before helping finance and produce Hollywood films and later emerging as a political Svengali. The dates that define Steve Bannon's sharp rise and fall 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z Trump had complained for several months about portrayals of Bannon as a political “Svengali,” according to one adviser who speaks with Trump frequently. Trump says Bannon ‘not only lost his job, he lost his mind’ as president’s lawyers send cease-and-desist letter 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z “He himself would not say he’s some Svengali of organization. He’s a man of ideas.” Bannon’s ‘season of war’ on GOP establishment may backfire with first battle 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump was irritated by a book, “Devil’s Bargain,” that portrayed Mr. Bannon as a brilliant political Svengali but put Mr. Trump in a supporting role. Bannon Was Set for a Graceful Exit. Then Came Charlottesville. 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z Steve Bannon’s departure from the White House is dominating all headlines and cable news coverage, as it was always fated to since the supposed Svengali of the chaos president first captivated the media last year. White House palace intrigue is becoming an unhealthy obsession | Ross Barkan 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z And because he liked to cultivate an image of himself as a dark, nationalist political Svengali — a portrait the media mostly accepted — a number of myths have arisen about Bannon and his beliefs. Perspective | Five myths about Steve Bannon 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z These people in Silicon Valley have been able to put a Svengali move on the Democrats just as much as they put on the Republicans. Google, Facebook, Amazon undermine democracy: They play a role in destroying privacy, producing inequality 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z The president said Bannon was hardly the Svengali of his caricature, but rather “a good guy” who “was not involved in my campaign until very late.” Inside Bannon’s struggle: From ‘shadow president’ to Trump’s marked man 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z A stimulus plan to put them to work elsewhere or even something akin to a guaranteed minimum income may be needed – not a shortsighted evisceration of what Trump Svengali Steve Bannon dubbed the “administrative state”. Trump is leading coal miners out of a ditch – and into the abyss | Ross Barkan 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Some people who have observed the Mercers’ political evolution worry that Bannon has become a Svengali to the whole family, exploiting its political inexperience and tapping its fortune to further his own ambitions. The Reclusive Hedge-Fund Tycoon Behind the Trump Presidency 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Though Martin is known for being a Svengali in the studio, Tesfaye says their process was highly cooperative. The Weeknd: A Rising Starboy 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Politicians can resemble automatons, mouthing the directives of some offstage Svengali. Ivanka and Jared’s Power Play 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z And don’t forget Sid Blumenthal, the longtime Clinton Svengali who was secretly advising Mrs. Clinton at State while drawing a foundation salary. The Other Clinton ‘Change’ 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Trump is a professional liar and political Svengali. The twisted genius of Trump: His dark fantasy of a coronation speech was dangerously effective 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z The city was also home to one of America’s greatest political machines, put together by one local boy, Mark Hanna, an iron-and-steel magnate turned political Svengali, and his front-man, William McKinley, from nearby in Ohio. Lessons from Cleveland, the Silicon Valley of the second industrial revolution 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z "I don't Svengali it," Scott said, speaking from a hotel room a few floors below Damon. Matt Damon wasn't all alone as 'The Martian' — he had Ridley Scott close by 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z The demos tell us Swift wasn't looking for a Svengali; the finished tracks tell us Martin met her halfway. How Taylor Swift, Adele and the Weeknd made 2015 a pivot point for pop producer Max Martin 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z And while his public face was that of the sidekick, he was, in fact, the Svengali. The Lives They Lived 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z “There’s this attempt to portray me as some kind of Svengali in my relationship” with Mr. Walker, he said, “and that’s simply not the case.” Behind Scott Walker, a Longstanding Conservative Alliance Against Unions 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the right-wing media magnate Rupert Murdoch, who toyed with supporting the Scottish independence bid and has carried on a “bromance” with erstwhile SNP leader Salmond, is back, reprising his role as aspiring geopolitical Svengali. The 2015 UK Election Has Too Many Kingmakers, Not Enough Kings 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z He had temporarily sobered up, and had just given one of his most acclaimed film performances, in “Svengali.” The Movie Star and the Missing Totem Pole 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z The batting Svengali Kevin Long hangs on the back of the batting cage, a chattering, chortling, encouragement-whispering little bolt of a man. Zing and Talent Add Up to Hope for the Mets 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z She is what music sounds like when it is the authentic creation of its author, and there are no strings being pulled by marketing guys or Svengalis. The genius of Kate Bush in an age of subjugation 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z The Sex Pistols Svengali grabbed an African sound for this song off his album “Duck Rock.” Setting Times stories to music: From Isaac Hayes to Radiohead 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z Behold the mind-bending Svengali power of Swedish furniture. Love What You Do: 4 Things That Will Make You Happier at Work 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Plus Van Gaal is a master of player development, Svengali of the academy and fearless in his promotion of talented youth. Louis van Gaal: Manchester United turn to an anti-Moyes disciplinarian 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z In 2000, The New York Times called him “the Svengali of sometimes gruesome, sometimes comical specials that took television to new heights — or depths — of perversity.” Mike Darnell, a Reality Show Creator, Is Leaving Fox 2013-05-25T00:46:05Z Second, because they were both produced by the inimitable Patrice Wilson, the tween-pop Svengali previously best known as the rapper in “Friday.” Is "It's Thanksgiving" the New "Friday"? 2012-11-09T08:05:00Z The reporter then mentioned the recent stories depicting Tagg as his father’s Svengali. Tagg Romney is suddenly a center of attention in his father’s campaign 2012-10-12T14:04:48Z For his part, Mr. Meng, in a brief phone interview in Mandarin, dismissed any suggestion that he was some kind of political Svengali, saying that he was busy minding his lumber business and other interests. Father’s Bribe Case Hangs Over Meng’s Run for Congress 2012-09-26T02:02:26Z George Romney, a self-made millionaire, was a man of big ideas and big opinions, described by relatives as the “Svengali of the family,” who steered his youngest child, Mitt, into politics. Mitt Romney’s Sons Campaign for Their Father 2012-08-28T03:47:47Z Furthermore we plan to see some West End shows - Derren Brown's Svengali and musicals - and a Shakespeare play at the Globe. My Games: Overseas visitors 2012-07-26T08:24:21Z Coach K may be quite the Svengali, but it's doubtful he had much impact on Irving's draft status or his stellar play as a rookie for the rebuilding Cavaliers. March Madness over; now for some real madness 2012-04-11T23:35:14Z These days, however, the most prominent guys on the stage at Apple’s product launches are CEO Tim Cook and marketing honcho Phil Schiller, neither of whom is exactly a Svengali. How the Cult of Apple Became a Victim of Its Own Success 2012-01-27T21:05:33Z Not even Svengali was beyond the pale of his mercy, and how well within it some other sorts of sinners were, the grief of very respectable people testified. English Society 2011-11-25T03:00:15.587Z Is it possible—even theoretically possible—to do what Svengali did? Sentiment, Inc. 2011-10-09T02:00:23.850Z The political team, led by Chief of Staff Bill Daley and campaign Svengali David Plouffe, doesn’t want President Obama wasting his time or alienating swing voters by arguing for jobs bills Congress won’t pass. Time to calibrate a jobs strategy ? or not? 2011-08-15T23:27:00Z I’ve never had a Svengali who has developed a master plan.” Magazine Preview: Huntsman Steps Into the Republican Vacuum 2011-06-21T00:54:10Z Svengali may have been in the running at one time, but it strikes me that today he has pretty much gone by the board, somewhat to mix the figure. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z “He’s a Svengali,” said Ruth Margeson, whose son is an eighth grader. Anatomy of a School Crisis 2011-01-16T00:35:02Z She doesn't act like a candidate: she hasn't kissed the rings of GOP leaders in Washington, hasn't hired pollsters and Svengalis or made a habit of spending her weekends in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Palin in Progress: What Does She Want? 2010-12-09T09:00:00Z During the 1960s, the most influential of these Svengalis were the executives working in Madison Avenue advertising firms. For Tea Party, a slogan that would make Don Draper proud 2010-05-08T00:20:00Z He said this word, “Svengali,” with a discernible note of contempt. Magazine Preview: Huntsman Steps Into the Republican Vacuum 2011-06-21T00:54:10Z But he really admires her husband Spencer Pratt, whom he sees as a Svengali. 2010-02-05T21:25:00Z Who can forget the depiction of La Svengali's voice, 'as a light nymph catching the whirl of a double-skipping rope as she warbles that long, smooth, lilting, dancing laugh, that wondrous song without words.' Trilbyana The Rise and Progress of a Popular Novel When Svengali gazed into Trilby's mouth and exclaimed, "Himmel, what a roof!" he spoke from the depths of vocal knowledge. The Voice Its Production, Care and Preservation Henry was all for my appearing suddenly at the door à la Svengali, and with a majestic wave of the hand lift the cloud from her brain. Money Magic A Novel Frohman was curiously fascinated by "Bengali," as he insisted upon calling Svengali. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man It is the one Du Maurier made Trilby sing under the hypnotic influence of Svengali. The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players It would be a pity if the Lyceum company did not secure the English rights; for Mr. Irving would make an inimitable Svengali, and Ellen Terry would be Trilby without trying. Trilbyana The Rise and Progress of a Popular Novel Clarke was terrible when he said it—he is a regular Svengali, I believe, and the mother is completely dominated by him. The Tyranny of the Dark That the story of Svengali and of Trilby's voice is a good story only a duffer would deny. Adventures in Criticism Have I not watched him at the end of a tour, when, one audience after the other, those huge Svengalis had hypnotized him—thundering his very subtleties at them, hour after hour, in Carnegie Hall? Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy "I'm no Svengali, if that's what you mean," he responded, grimly. Katrine Svengali's transformation of a girl with no ear for music into a singer of marvellous powers seems to have been almost paralleled in real life, half a century ago:— DU MAURIER'S HOUSE. Trilbyana The Rise and Progress of a Popular Novel He then peeled off the ulster and the tuppeny trousers, and throwing these and the Svengalis over the fence, he was home again from the Bad Lands. Back to the Woods Was Watts-Dunton, in a phrase deprecated by the editors of a recent book of letters, a "kind of amiable Svengali"? Old and New Masters Well, Jack, you certainly have got a powerful eye, but you've been trying to Svengali this out-fit out of the mud for an hour, and I haven't seen it move an inch, so far. Casey Ryan Svengali is the greatest musician in the world, yet cannot make a living in Paris, the modern home of art. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 Svengali is drawn with inimitable skill, and with so much realism that the reader feels that he must have been known and hated by du Maurier in all his repulsiveness. Trilbyana The Rise and Progress of a Popular Novel He remembered Elkin's make-up as Svengali, of course, and could have kicked himself for not associating earlier a set of sable whiskers with the black wig and the bullet-torn hat. The Postmaster's Daughter I could read his thoughts, as well as if he had uttered them: "Regular Svengali stuff, by God!" They Call Me Carpenter The beard was being curled furiously around a finger, the Svengali eye was rolling, the chair was being hunched closer to the school-teacher's. Waifs and Strays Part 1 Svengali has also fallen by the wayside, a number of characters have been very happily forgotten, so the story drags along to the close on three not very attractive legs, Taffy, the Laird and Gecko. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 Svengali is throughout a creation of this sort. Trilbyana The Rise and Progress of a Popular Novel Then add the fact that the murderer wore the hat, wig, and whiskers in which you made a guy of yourself while filling the rôle of Svengali last winter. The Postmaster's Daughter Svengali was a bad, wicked man, who used to hypnotize poor, sweet little Trilby and make her sing and act as he pleased—With apologies to Du Maurier. Trilbyana The Rise and Progress of a Popular Novel They culminate in the ghastly death of Svengali and the restoration of Trilby in a dazed and exhausted condition to the three faithful friends. Trilbyana The Rise and Progress of a Popular Novel Svengali hypnotizes her, and, beneath his magic spell she becomes the greatest cantatrice in Europe. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 Trilby herself preserves a good many of her characteristics, but is degraded even more than in the book by her subserviency to Svengali. Trilbyana The Rise and Progress of a Popular Novel A day or two later, meeting him at a hotel, Svengali spits in Little Billee's face, and gets his nose pulled for his pains by Taffy. Trilbyana The Rise and Progress of a Popular Novel Had Svengali made a contortionist of the stiff old Devonshire vicar we could not cry "impossible." Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 As weak intellects yield readily to hypnotic power, Svengali had an easy victim. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 |
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