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...Gloucester near the Welsh border, and bounds up to a dozen locals there to greet him. His handshake is athletic: coat open, big reach, pivoting from the waist, legs spread apart. He works out in Downing Street two or three days a week and exudes vitality - no longer the boyish charm of his 1997 campaign, but still, in the words of a longtime aide, "surprisingly bright-eyed and bushy-tailed" in light of how things have been going lately. His party's six-point lead in the polls has dropped to three points, he's been savaged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tony Blair Rolls Out His "Masochism Strategy" | 3/20/2005 | See Source »

...presence like no other—shy, charismatic, boyish, and shaman-like. He’ll talk to the audience, take requests, curtsy cutely after each song, and generally change your life. Download “The Moon” off of The Microphones’ The Glow, Pt. 2, if you need a taste. Woelv is also a solo singer-songwriter, but she sings in French and is far, far less penetrable than Elvrum, if such a thing is possible...

Author: By Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Indie Rock Triathlon of Awesome | 3/18/2005 | See Source »

...trick to creating a good comic persona is to find a new way to be unaware. Steve Carell has landed on just such a type: a confident, articulate buffoon who has no idea he's messing things up--Ted Knight without the bubbling insecurity, Will Ferrell without the boyish need to please. With his serious, Father Knows Best demeanor, Carell maintains self-assurance in the face of obvious failure; he's a pompous but lovable loser. "I myself am a lovable loser. So it's an easy transition," Carell says while sitting in the trailer for his upcoming movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The New Office Guy | 3/13/2005 | See Source »

Charles, Prince of Wales, with all his boyish good looks, has learned that his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, plans not to attend his April 8 wedding to his longtime paramour, Camilla Parker Bowles. Never failing to serve scandals on a silver platter, the Queen’s ambiguous reasons for not attending her son’s wedding appear to amount to nothing less than a royal snub...

Author: By Neesha M. Rao, | Title: God Save the Queen | 2/28/2005 | See Source »

...most popular American in Europe. Granted, that's not a crowded competition. But on the hotly contested World Cup Alpine-skiing circuit, the laid-back Miller is a one-man diplomatic mission, even as he routinely beats the schuss out of Europe's best skiers. Endowed with boyish good looks, an easygoing manner and a breathtaking style, Miller has won a huge fan following in ski-mad Europe. From Alta Badia, Italy, to Schladming, Austria, the man has serious teen appeal. BODE YOU ARE SO SEXY! read banners at a recent event in Austria, where as many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Speed Demon | 2/6/2005 | See Source »

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