Word: charme
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...There were naysayers, of course. Vijay Singh, the notoriously cranky professional golfer, avoided competing against Sorenstam, claiming she had "no business" messing it up with the guys. Piling on the charm, he added: "I hope she misses the cut. Why? Because she doesn't belong out here. What is she going to prove by playing? It's ridiculous. She's the best woman golfer in the world, and I want to emphasize woman. We have our tour for men, and they have their tour. She's taking a spot from someone in the field." Altogether now: awwww. That poor lonely...
...made him an intricate, sweaty loser. Glass is content to offer himself up as an infantile schnook. Thanks to a good woman and a good rabbi, he eventually discovers both love and God, though not the power to resist writing lines like this: "Her pixie blonde hair and gamine charm go straight to my heart...
...that Americans are allowed, indeed obliged, to be hedonists, this old take on the mating game has a creaky charm. Hence Down with Love, a pastiche of antique moral codes and Populuxe decor. The new film is conflicted about its subject--it both derides and adores what it means to parody--and it's miscast at the top. Still, the Eve Ahlert--Dennis Drake script has a gentle heart to humanize its sharp sitcom...
...fourth time wasn’t a charm either for the Radcliffe women’s lightweight crew on Sunday...
...After the confession session was over, the officials brimmed with charm. They plied us with promotional literature about Yuhuan. Did we know that it was ranked among the "100 Top Counties of China for Rural Comprehensive Force"? Or that this seaside region is "Home of the Famed Shaddock Park of the World"? I assured them I was overwhelmed by Yuhuan's bounty, and they welcomed us back whenever we wanted. Not once did we have our temperatures taken. They can only hope that we weren't carrying SARS...