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...colorful men who rose from poverty to power and used violence to defend their honor, demanded star quality in its bad guys. Gotti and Gigante provided it. The suspicion is that both men bought dangerously into the Mafia movie myth. They wanted to be the wiseguys with lethal charm, the types who get immortalized onscreen by the "O Team"--Brando, De Niro, Pacino. And maybe become their own O team: Soprano. The FBI loves this, because a mobster's ego is the most fragile weapon in his arsenal. Set it off in public, and it can explode. Indeed, the mythologizing...
...yourself in William Patrick's soggy shoes for a moment. When the Texas-born writer bought a 1677 farmhouse in Ipswich, Mass., two years ago, the neighborhood's thriving beaver colony seemed part of its charm. Since then the beavers have been busy damming everything that flows. Now two of Patrick's four acres--farmland for three centuries--are underwater, and towering pines next to the house have begun crashing to earth. "The beavers are turning our whole yard into a swamp," fumes Patrick, 52. "They're not smart. They're obsessive-compulsive. They hear water, and they have...
...third time’s the charm, or so they say. And faced with its third-consecutive NCAA playoff appearance, the Harvard men’s hockey team certainly hopes that is the case when it faces off against Maine tonight at 5 p.m. at the NCAA’s East Regional in Albany...
...really is an opportunity you might have only once in your college career. The men’s team travels to the NCAA Tournament for the third straight time, having lost in the first round each of the last two years, and for the third time to be the charm they just might need to have a crowd that will rival the large contingent that the Black Bears are sure to bring to Albany. And the women’s team has a very real chance to win only its second national championship in program history...
...teeming station 10 minutes before departure, pull your ticket from a machine and glide onto the train without any inspection of your ID or your bags. Your shoes are of no interest to anyone. It's as if Amtrak has been exempted from modernity, and all the fuzzy charm of taking the train remains untouched by time...