Word: charme
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Even as Edwards lost one primary after another last winter, his charm on the stump wowed the Washington political establishment--some of whom predicted Kerry would never pick a running mate who was so certain to upstage him. And Edwards already is, managing to put more punch into a single sentence than Kerry can in an entire paragraph. Kerry has a tendency to describe the contrast between Bush's foreign policy and his own with a thicket of civics-book phrases like unilateral, multilateralism, community of nations and America's relationship with the world. But at the Democrats' first rally...
...father Wallace and other textile workers were subjected to the daily indignities of life as the working poor, left him "with a real sense that some things need to be set right," says adviser Bruce Reed. His considerable ambition is neatly hidden behind loads of charm, but he also packs a happy self-confidence that other men routinely call staggering. "He has no butterflies," says Reed, laughing a bit. "It's amazing what you can accomplish when you are not self-conscious about...
...constitute the experience of being alive in 2004 while providing mordant insights into how our experiences are relentlessly manipulated by advertising and marketing executives. Sure, it feels good when the flight attendant in business class pays you special attention-but Kunzru's protagonist detects the hypocrisy in her "android charm, the way this disciplined female body reminded him that it was just a tool, the uniformed probe-head of the large corporate machine in which he was enmeshed...
...globe who routinely killed their own citizens. On Reagan's watch, our federal budget deficit ballooned out of control like never before in an orgy of fiscal irresponsibility. Even as we grieve for Reagan, we must remember that his presidency was an era of harm as well as charm. Peter Lautz San Diego Americans seem to take pride in giving themselves one of two labels, Republican or Democrat. On the occasion of Reagan's death, it was refreshing to witness the divisive labels dropped for a common descriptor: American. As a Canadian, I was moved by the displays of Americans...
...globe who routinely killed their own citizens. On Reagan's watch, our federal budget deficit ballooned out of control like never before in an orgy of fiscal irresponsibility. Even as we grieve for Reagan, we must remember that his presidency was an era of harm as well as charm. PETER LAUTZ San Diego...