In those blessed days of his youth, Oscar was something of a Casanova.

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The hero of the novel, Dean Moriarty, is based on their friend Neal Cassady, an ex-convict and a Casanova of astonishing energy.

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When did the movies last produce a proper Casanova, with the courage of his addiction?

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Ingeborga Dapkunaite brings a delicate maturity and sense of mystery to her primary role as a former acquaintance of Casanova who chides him for past misdeeds.

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But unlike Casanova, Anixter has a knack for keeping his conquests happy.

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Others believe that the genetic control of susceptibility to infectious disease forms a spectrum, of which Dr Abel and Dr Casanova have only seen one extreme.

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Scott Anixter picks up companies the way Casanova once collected women -- sometimes two at a time.

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