Word: charme
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...team screams American domination - atop the podium on the Champs-Elysées for a historic fifth straight time? After all, Armstrong has not just dominated their Tour the last four years, he has changed its character by introducing private jets, bodyguards and retractable barriers to a sport whose charm was once rooted in the accessibility of its champions. Armstrong's remoteness and use of personal security runs counter to the traditions of the Tour, says Jean-Pierre Bidet, cycling correspondent of L'Equipe, France's largest sports daily. "It's an event where people line the side...
...festival has begun to challenge the capacity of the Puck building for a single day. The show may move to another venue and they may make it into two full days Klein says. The potential move has caused some concern among the participants, though. The Puck has a charm sorely lacking at the affordable, mid-level hotels. But the most controversial change would be the inclusion of mainstream publishers. During an interview with TIME.comix Lawrence Klein seemed ambivalent about this. He clearly has an interest in preserving the small-press nature of the festival but won't rule...
...SPELL: The Patronus charm. It creates a silver spirit that dispels dementors...
...SPELL: Wingardium Leviosa. Your basic first-year levitation charm...
...whose installation about Africans in Venice through the ages has been panned by the critics. One even suggested that the best reason to visit the U.S. pavilion was the air conditioning. You'd never guess any of this from Krens' demeanor in Venice. At the Biennale, he is all charm and confidence. This is Europe, where Krens has forged some of the Guggenheim's most important business and artistic ties, including close alliances with the Russian State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum. Europe also provides the most ringing endorsement for his expansion program: the Guggenheim...