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In smaller roles, Madorno aptly brings a slightly comic rock-star arrogance to Caesar; Suzanne Richard nails the personalities of Decius, a quick-thinking conspirator, and Artemidorus, a stuffily perturbed Caesar supporter; and Emma Jaster is downright spooky as the Soothsayer ( "Beware the Ides of March!").

Theater review: Taffety Punk's all-female 'Julius Caesar' Celia Wren 2010

The stuffily titled Rape of Europa is a fascinating look into the myriad ways the Nazis stole and plundered priceless works of art throughout World War II, and the great lengths those who owned unplundered pieces went through to preserve their holdings.

Weekly Mishmash: September 28-October 4 : Scrubbles.net 2008

'I suppose some people prefer having all the windows closed,' said Lady Alice stuffily.

'Whaddya mean, no adverbs?' asked Tom swiftly. lili 2008

Performance poetry is poetry written to be ... performed (rather than stuffily mumbled by some arty-type, nose glued to a sheet of paper).

Of Apples and Snakes Sharon Bakar 2006

A failed prig is one who can't meet the standards he or she stuffily sets for others.

Steve Janke and dead, sodomized hookers? Hey, I'm just sayin'. CC 2008

The book is as much a gentle comedy about the ordinary humanity of Effi and her stuffily correct husband as it is a tragedy about a marriage that combines social success and emotional failure.

Five Best 2008

If anything, in such a setting, he appears more stuffily European and desperate to appear with-it.

Dalí Gets a Makeover 2008

“I will call on your employer tomorrow,” he said, as stuffily as possible.

Command Decision Moon, Elizabeth 2007

I suppose it's possible that she might come across more stuffily if she were speaking about less generous directors, but she has chosen to specialize in the most open-hearted of filmmakers and this generosity shines through in her eagerness to share with us her unique way of looking at their work.

Of Annette and The Raincoats 2005

I suppose it's possible that she might come across more stuffily if she were speaking about less generous directors, but she has chosen to specialize in the most open-hearted of filmmakers and this generosity shines through in her eagerness to share with us her unique way of looking at their work.

Archive 2005-12-11 2005