Word: charme
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...small as a cold cup of coffee, but is best when pitted against Bowen, who plays Bobby’s dragon-like, imperious mother and can command the stage with a single cry of “Bo-BBY!” As Bobby, Jeff Barnett has a gawky charm eclipsed by the sophistication of his beloved, though there’s not much chemistry between them. As Polly’s father Everett, Evan A. North ‘05 manages to turn the plainest lines into jokes with his slow, painfully thoughtful delivery. The Follies are appropriately bouncy...
...home, we stumbled on a village on the city's northeastern outskirts?full of old houses with potential, in quiet, green-canopied lanes?and spotted a small for sale sign. The house was a mess but we could renovate or rebuild. Shifty eyes aside, the owner was charm itself. He had retired from the air force, he said, and introduced himself as a general...
...this, he is both loved and reviled. He is loved for his undeniable charm, good humor and geniality. He is reviled for excessive rigidity, indifference to those outside his political orbit and lack of reflection and curiosity. But he is also rightly respected for the way he led the country out of one of its darkest hours into a world where it seemed safe again to engage in partisan bickering and cultural warfare. His rhetoric in those grim days rose to the challenge of ordinary greatness; he calmed and rallied in ways few could have predicted. And in Afghanistan...
...begin to understand the depth of Arnold's talent. He has become a crucial element in making the G.O.P. seem even faintly appealing to social liberals and moderates, and represents the lingering Cheshire smile of Reagan Republicanism in the new century: the optimism, the inclusiveness. Above all: the charm. --By Andrew Sullivan
...reggae-tinged music has helped him to charm critics and fans alike. He has also appeared in films such as Higher Learning, Finding Forrester and Narc...