Word: charme
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...reason, it occurs to me, is simple and yet profound: America lacks charm. My sister-in-law, a single French welfare mother who lives in a beautiful Proven?al village with four boys between four and 18, all at home, seems to me, despite her difficulties, to have more charm in her life-the daily trips to the boulangerie and weekly ones to the market, the occasional glass of vin rouge with some fresh p?t?, the tiled roofs and stone walls of the village itself-than many a millionaire in my great home state of Texas. (Quelle horreur...
...wild-child teenager, as reckless as they come and headed for nowhere, but he grew up to be his sport's father figure, Dad without the breaks, and a corporate titan to boot. He could regale a crowd of GM dealers with war stories for an hour--Mr. Charm--then shift gears in a heartbeat, chiding drivers who wanted to slow the cars down as "candy asses." He made tens of millions of dollars racing and tens of millions more running Dale Earnhardt Inc., but even at 49, a man of considerable responsibilities and with nothing left to prove...
DIED. CHARLES TRENET, 87, French crooner considered a master of la chanson francaise; in Creteil, France. Beloved for his mischievous charm and paeans to everyday life, his most famous song, La Mer (popularized in the U.S. by Bobby Darin as Beyond the Sea), has been recorded nearly 4,000 times...
...fact, part of the charm, for Americans anyway, will be the authenticity of the modern English scene, most noticeably the lingo. But it never prevents you from figuring out what they're saying. Watson, a native of England, kindly includes a glossary for such phrases as "cuppa" and "five-a-side...
...only the start of March, but not too early to ask how we are doing with 2001 as a potential Best Year. Layoffs are mounting, the market's skittish and the weather's been terrible. Bush has been getting good early reviews for charm. We shall...