Reporters rushed to profile Pearlman as the unlikely impresario — some said "Svengali" — of a new era of boy bands. From Wordnik.com. [Mad About the Boys] Reference
It seems to me that Kid Rock is the kind of Svengali she could use: someone who could help her find her voice as a full-fledged woman. From Wordnik.com. [Madonna: Zero to 90's] Reference
"I wrote 'Svengali' when Britney Spears was having her very public meltdown," explains Epoxy. From Wordnik.com. [PlugInMusic.com] Reference
"I am, however, my own Svengali, which is rather preferable to the patent detachable hypnotizer you had. From Wordnik.com. [The Pursuit of the House-Boat Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq.] Reference
"Svengali", the immensely sinister hypnotic manipulator of George du Maurier's Trilby (1894) now means nothing more than. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
It was Dad's belief that Ralph had undergone a profound change since meeting Vivian, and he had taken to calling her "Svengali". From Wordnik.com. [Life and style | guardian.co.uk] Reference
KING: He was dubbed the Svengali, was he not?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Bo Derek Talks About Hollywood and Life After John - March 10, 2000] Reference
And to become in some way a Svengali, a team maker. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 11, 2002] Reference
"With my clients, I'm a bit Svengali-like," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Monty Frazier, Image Catalyst: Did He Make Over Katie Couric?] Reference
Ms. AUSTIN: And he said, let me be Svengali for a moment. From Wordnik.com. [Patti Austin Spins New Stories from Old Classics] Reference
And he clearly is sort of a Svengali, charismatic figure. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 9, 2006] Reference
CASHMORE: I think -- I don't think there is one Svengali. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2003] Reference
This guy was a Svengali for rich people and very rich people. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 18, 2008] Reference
But in the frickin Sargent post, he describes her as Obama's Svengali. From Wordnik.com. [Power Resigns Over Hillary-Is-Monster Comment] Reference
Then I remember that he is her guru, her Svengali and I say NO WAY!!!!!!. From Wordnik.com. [Penn On Obama: "We Broke His Momentum Completely"] Reference
He considered him to be a controlling Svengali who was isolating his mother. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2007] Reference
Svengali-like character who orchestrated these women into his perfect picture. From Wordnik.com. [Melissa Silverstein: Precious in the Age of Obama] Reference
MITCHELL: Well that ` s what everybody has been saying, that he ` s a Svengali. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 16, 2007] Reference
KING: Did you regret -- or were you angry when people called him your Svengali?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 26, 2004] Reference
Tabloids and talk radio amplified her role, and Houston emerged a New Age Svengali. From Wordnik.com. [Soul Searching] Reference
Is there some Svengali up there who is manipulating the strings and manipulating us?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2003] Reference
At least she's not puking in front of some club being ushered around underage by some Svengali. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Karel Bouley: Montana Morality] Reference
Q: Do you feel you have more control of your career now than when you were a Svengali-ed teen act?. From Wordnik.com. [Bringing Up Britney] Reference
Part Machiavelli, part Svengali and part Dr. Strangelove, Rove is almost too cartoonish to be real. From Wordnik.com. [MAIL CALL] Reference
John was “like Svengali to me — I fell in love with him immediately,” Genevieve admits today. From Wordnik.com. [California Dreamgirl] Reference
HARDING: He felt that this attorney, Stern, he was controlling his mother to the point like Svengali. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 14, 2007] Reference
Obama is not some googly-eyed party boy who is under the Svengali-like influence of a severe older man. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 12, 2008] Reference
When he became Bill Clinton's Svengali after the 1994 elections, Morris urged Clinton to take on kids 'smoking. From Wordnik.com. [Tolls On Tobacco Road] Reference
KECK: All of a sudden, America ` s little princess Paula Abdul was being portrayed as a potential female Svengali. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 22, 2008] Reference
Just hours after we learned that Britney ` s Svengali, Sam Lutfi, told Barbara Walters that Britney has mental issues. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 29, 2008] Reference
The woman who represents me is an Ohio-based film and TV agent, and the latest Svengali to take charge of my moribund career. From Wordnik.com. [Why Don't I Just Give Up? It's All About Me.] Reference
He was much older than she was, so there could be a little bit of that Svengali effect, where he was older and she admired him. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 10, 2005] Reference
Not all of these people were obviously under the Svengali-like influence of Ahmed Chalabi, as we are now taught to think of it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 29, 2004] Reference
CRIER: And, Wolf, you've also been already receiving information about possibly this Svengali influence that Muhammad had over Malvo. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2002] Reference
In fact, the private investigator, who says he met with Daniel before Daniel ` s death, said Daniel called Howard K. Stern a Svengali. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 16, 2007] Reference
HAMMER: And not to mention all the stress surrounding what ` s been swirling around as far as her manager Svengali, Sam Lutfi is involved. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2008] Reference
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