The Darwin who emerges is most remarkable for the way in which he combines the attributes of world-class thinker and paterfamilias.

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Ramsay skipped the personal attacks on Fastow's role as paterfamilias, focusing on the ex-CFO's relations with Lay--who also founded the energy giant.

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"Punishment for my sins, " says the charming, 69-year-old bank chairman, a diminutive paterfamilias almost lost in a vast lemon-tinted office near the stock exchange.

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Under George Cukor's direction for a fourth and final time, Tracy plays a blustery paterfamilias whose strong-willed daughter (Jean Simmons) seeks a career on the stage, presumably against his wishes.

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In 2016, she is scheduled to sing Elsa in "Lohengrin" in Dresden under the baton of Christian Thielemann, whose "demonic energy" she likens to that of Valery Gergiev, the Russian conductor who has played paterfamilias to a generation of singers from the former Soviet Union, including Ms. Netrebko.

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