Word: charme
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...President Kennedy by Richard Reeves. We knew he was no saint. Now we have 800 carefully researched pages to tell us that J.F.K. was more Hollywood than Harvard, a gifted politician who relied on his charm rather than deep understanding and conviction. He was often ''careless and dangerously disorganized.'' The image of vigor was also an illusion: hormone shots compensated for failing adrenal glands and amphetamines perked him up. Reeves' dose of reality is a needed antidote to the cloying hagiographies that have marked the 30th anniversary of J.F.K.'s death...
...real for the men and women and children dying in the streets of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Yet the P.L.O. leader greets his guests warmly, giving no sign he is troubled by the turmoil of things not done. He is direct and engaging, full of a charm half calculated, half natural as he makes his case. Asked if he has concerns about his own personal security, he chuckles. ''I only fear God.'' Visitors to Yitzhak Rabin's modest office in western Jerusalem expect their sessions with him to be strictly business. He is known to be abrupt...
...projects spawned by cozier North-South ties are putting more money in Pyongyang's pocket, easing pressure on the indigent regime to cut a deal at the negotiating table. (Another round of multinational talks on the North's nukes is due to start in Beijing next week). Pyongyang's charm offensive in the South could have another ulterior motive. Earlier this year when Washington started to lose patience with the slow pace of nuclear talks, Pyongyang may have decided it needed an "insurance policy," says Peter Beck, head of the International Crisis Group in Seoul. "They have got to make...
...This production is an excellent introduction to the culture of Rocky Horror, and John T. Drake ’06 deserves credit for directing a presentation that preserves the extravagant charm of the film. The live show hits all the right notes of cheeky camp, boasting tone-appropriate choreography and performances, especially by Charlie I. Miller ’08, who strikes the perfect note of slightly-weary debauchery as Frank-N-Furter, and David J. Andersson ’09 who slithers and hisses around as Riff Raff, the put-upon servant...
...right down to the uncomfortable office parties at Chili's. Steve Carell (The 40 Year-Old Virgin) is dependably fatuous as a gasbag middle manager. But it's the relative unknowns, particularly Jenna Fischer and John Krasinski as co-workers with an unconsummated crush, that give The Office its charm. Never has a lousy job been so much...