Word: charme
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...timely charm offensive, of course, because the Bush administration has made no secret of the fact that it considers Saddam's overthrow an integral part of making the world safe for America. Washington may not have been able to prove any Iraq link to the September 11 terror attacks, but it has lately begun to use Saddam's delinquency over weapons of mass destruction to beat the drums of war. "The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons," the President warned. Following his warning...
...world for two years running was 5-ft. 4-in. driver Jean Racine, 23, and 5-ft. 11-in. brakeman-pusher Jen Davidson, 29, a resident of Olympic-host Utah to boot. "Jean & Jen" were the first-ever golden girls of bob, "so well-rounded, articulate and charming," as their website, bobsledgirl.com put it a few short weeks ago. Not shy about trading on that charm, the pair had been photographed for cereal-box covers and had lined up other endorsements worth about half a million dollars. Other Yanks had cute angles too. Driver Jill Bakken had her best friend...
...World Economic Forum shifted its annual gathering to New York City from its usual site in Davos, Switzerland. But already we're hearing wistful whispers from some who plan to attend the conference at the end of January and say they will miss the Swiss ski resort's quiet charm. They lament that they often can't tell whether their dinner partner said "four milling daughters" or "40 million dollars" in Manhattan restaurants where the tables are inches apart and the music is set on stun...
...becoming one of the theater world’s brightest stars. In between brilliantly originating the role of Riff Raff in the Rocky Horror revival and reinvigorating Cabaret’s Emcee, Esparza dazzled as BOOM’s Jonathan. It was a performance of such vulnerability, charm and emotional (not to mention vocal) power, that Esparza is assured of a tremendous future...
...terms entered the global lexicon in the 1980s as Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev proclaimed a new glasnost (openness) in Soviet society and began implementing perestroika (restructuring) in its economy and politics. He sought a more conciliatory relationship with the U.S., negotiating arms reductions. With a Western-style politician's charm and homey touch, he became, as TIME put it, "a symbol of hope for a new kind of Soviet Union: more open, more concerned with the welfare of its citizens and less with the spread of its ideology and system abroad." What did spread, at home and abroad...