Word: charm
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...chairman, a Lausche man, does not work hard for any other Democratic candidate. Lausche is pleased when labor leaders oppose him; he figures that in Ohio this is more valuable than their support. On the platform he can weep almost as easily as Iran's Mossadegh, and can charm as well as any politician on the Ohio scene. In 1946 Lausche was defeated after some of his warmest supporters among foreign-born groups complained that he had stopped attending their weddings and christenings. Lausche quickly corrected that and now seems to be as popular as ever...
Through her position at Payne, Mrs. Schumacher met most of the Radcliffe music students, and her charm and capability quickly attracted attention. In February, she was sounded out for the position of Head Resident in the new Hall under construction at Radcliffe. The design of Holmes Hall as a center of Radcliffe musical activity suited Mrs. Schumacher's interests and experience, and she immediately accepted the appointment, which became official...
...Rosemary Clooney, the duet with Dietrich was something of a dream come true: "Marlene is everything I'd like to be," she says. But she is a far cry from glamorous Grandma Dietrich. Instead of heavy-lidded Weltschmerz, Kentucky's bright-eyed Rosemary has been peddling homespun charm since she was three. She began with Home on the Range, worked up to a radio series while still in high school. A feature spot with Tony Pastor's band led to a contract with Columbia Records (where among her other chores she did children's songs). Last...
...foot. It also has some effective-on-the-spot scenes filmed along the Munich-Salzburg Autobahn and at Hitler's bombed-out Adlerhorst at Berchtesgaden. Gene Kelly, without his dancing shoes, turns out to be a relaxed, likable actor, and wide-eyed Pier Angeli brings an appealing, girlish charm to the role of the Fraulein. But The Devil Makes Three makes little more than another run-of-the-movie-mill thriller out of its theme...
Attraction. Both men have charm and the priceless quality of attracting first-rate men to work with them. Eisenhower seems to have more of both qualities; at least his attraction has been more widely tested and proved...