Word: charm
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...said that he won the 1921 election against fellow Roman Catholic John R. Murphy by accusing Murphy of eating a roast-beef sandwich, on a Friday, at a restaurant named Thompson's Spa. But many of Boston's Irish and Italians loved James Michael Curley for his charm and his chicanery, as well as for the free hand he had with public funds on behalf of the poor. Curley was famous for having insisted that the scrubwomen in city hall be given long-handled brushes, the better to spare their knees...
...considered the finest male gymnast the U.S. has ever produced, and he's aiming to be the best in the world at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. Anxious to avoid post-Olympic fadeout, Thomas is seeking wide exposure for his all-American good looks and the easy charm that he has shown to good advantage on talk shows with Dinah, Merv and Johnny...
...heist. He is roguish. Down, with her blue-glazed eyes and magnificent body, is delightful, but her part as Connery's adoring partner is not. Sutherland plays the Cockney criminal-type who helps pull off the job, but his accent sounds American even to Americans, bereft of music, charm or higher tones. Everyone else in the cast is ugly or stupid or both...
...John, the slick Texan, swept into Washington last week and turned on his charm to sell his most cherished product: himself. Although John Connally's audience included more than 100 skeptical members of the National Press Gallery, even the clinking coffee cups were silenced. Still handsome and imposing despite the pounding of a topsy-turvy political career, Connally was in command...
...Neil Simon's funniest and most endearing play that isn't too funny and not very endearing. Matthau is a good Oscar--he can play these roles in his rumpled sleep, but Jack Lemmon "acts" too much, and his whine has none of Randall's or Carney's dingy charm...