Word: appealing
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...hold the Guinness Book of World Record title in juggling. To be precise, he has juggled the most balls individually (10) and the most balls with a partner (17). Although Joey doesn't go around advertising his amazing ability, he admits that his juggling prowess probably enhances his sexual appeal but is quick to humbly compare himself to others, saying, "I know people who have juggled three dogs...
Bill Clinton and America's soccer moms haven't talked much lately. Which is why the current budget tussle, still unresolved by Thursday morning, has been such a welcome opportunity for the President to appeal to them directly. Citing "philosophical differences" with the Republicans over education spending, Clinton piled on the pressure for Congress to spend $6 billion over the next five years on new teachers and construction work. Republicans say they're prepared spend more on education, but want to transfer spending decisions from the federal government to local school boards...
...picks up a less-than-expected number of seats--say, only five or six--some in the party can argue it's a message to find a way out of the Lewinsky mess. As for the Democrats, if they lose big, they can go to Clinton with this appeal: "Here are the Democrats who died for you. It's time to sign on the dotted line...
While the King, with his Casanova appeal, is wed to his fourth wife, the U.S.-born Lisa Halaby, Hassan's personal life has been conventional. He met his Pakistani wife, the energetic Princess Sarvath, in London when both were 11 and he gave her measles. The two have three daughters and a son Rashid, 19, a potential heir to the throne. Hassan made time for bedtime stories, reading the girls The Scarlet Pimpernel before they were school...
...uninitiated, this praise may come as a bit of a shock. Warbling through a cameo in kitschy Austin Powers, Burt Bacharach has gained a prominence of late, with ripened sex appeal and flawless lounge credentials. In all the fuss, though, what has been neglected is the mastery of his songwriting, full of curious melodies, startling chord changes and the catchiest hooks this side of Top 40s radio. With lyricist Hal David and vocalist Dionne Warwick, he produced some of the best pop songs of the '60s, at the moment when rock was sending the pure songwriting tradition to its final...