Word: charme
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Sonsie belongs to that genre of performance-art, destination dining, where substance is subordinated to style. For an uproarious night out, it has irresistible charm; it’s a magnet for the dalliances of Bright Young Things and aged courtships alike. (How the latter is possible is beyond me, though, as the ambient volume is quite vexing to proper conversation.) But is this now really such an aberrant phenomenon? Voguish restaurants need to be this protean: People want old-fashioned quality and intimacy but also flash and flutter, a measured balance of familiarity and novelty, romantic hideaways secreted amidst...
...divided into Muggles and witches (or wizards). Muggles are non-magical humans who live oblivious to the fact that their society is infiltrated by a population of those who practice incantations and potion-making. Real-life muggles are the non-believers, the ones not indoctrinated into the ineffable charm of Rowling’s realm, while witches and wizards are the ones who love literally everything associated with the magically gifted, tousle-haired, bespectacled pre-teen with a lightning bolt scar on his forehead...
...Turkey's Black Sea coast, Erdogan moved at age 13 with his family to Istanbul, where he joined the youth wing of an Islamic party founded by Necmettin Erbakan, architect of Turkey's political Islamic movement. Erbakan saw in the young football fanatic an ambitious orator of considerable charm, especially for the estimated 60% of the population under 35. "I have been watching Tayyip Bey for some time," says Aslihan Dede, 21, using a term of respect. "He is one of us." Elected mayor of Istanbul in 1994, Erdogan banned drinking from city-owned caf?s, but also resurrected a failing...
...delicious,” was how Farley T. Katz ’06 chose to describe Ben Kweller’s Saturday night concert at the Paradise Rock Club. The combination of infectiously fun music and Kweller’s endearing boy-next-door charm was more than enough to win over the Paradise’s already sold-out crowd. One part bubbles, two parts rock and roll, the band served up a kiddie cocktail that got everyone a little tipsy...
During the ceremony, each new member signed the official membership book and was given a silver bracelet with a star charm made exclusively for Pleiades...