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Article: `I TOOK A SHOT AT THE ONE WITH BIG TEETH IN DAD'S ARMY' I'LL NEVER FORGET...MY FIRST IMPRESSION; Comedian Alistair McGowan is playing it straight at the moment in his role as Spock, the unlucky history teacher in BBC1's soldier drama Preston Front. But it's as an impersonator that Alistair made his name and, as he told JOHN EARLS, he'll never forget the one which set him on the way...(Features)
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- The People (London, England)
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- August 10, 1997
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I had a drama teacher at university who said that absolutely anyone can be a singer. I thought that was nonsense at the time but I now think she was right. I also believe that anyone can do impressions.
Doing accurate take-offs is largely to do with losing your inhibitions. Most people do one impression in front of their mates and when it doesn't work they go shy again. But if you stick at it you will be able to do a Brummie accent, a Geordie accent or any other. Honest!
I must confess, though, that most people won't ...
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Article: NEW TRIAL ORDERED FOR EX-SS CAPTAIN.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);
October 16, 1996 ;
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...Byline: Associated Press ROME -- Italy's highest court ordered a retrial Tuesday for a former Nazi SS captain acquitted of acting with cruelty in the World War II slaying of 335 civilians. The Court of Cassation agreed with prosecutors that the lead judge in the military trial was biased in favor
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