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...Dawson (Penn) is an adult with the mental and emotional age of a seven-year-old. But he's "special" in the best sense--a generous, industrious soul, especially when he's with his daughter Lucy (total charmer Dakota Fanning). Lucy is a sweet, bright kid, devoted to her hampered dad, but now that she is 7, she has started to outstrip Sam in reading and social skills. When the state tries to take her from Sam, he hooks up with a frazzled lawyer (Pfeiffer, playing a more harried Ally McBeal) to win the child back...
...Parsons end up on top? Partly by being nice--as corny as that may sound in the cutthroat world of corporate politics. Parsons, who stands 6 ft. 4 in., with a salt-and-pepper beard and a soothing baritone, is a boardroom charmer. Barry Schuler, president of the company's AOL division, recalls extending a hand the first time he met Parsons. "Dick went right past my hand and gave me a big bear hug," says Schuler. Parsons is relentlessly self-deprecating. "One of my kids," he says, "gave me a T shirt that said, I MAY NOT BE BRIGHT...
Perhaps the squash players are threatening student newspapers with the old hardball or the women’s crew team is holding an oarblade to the throats of these writers. In the recent press accounts, the athlete is portrayed not only as the down-home charmer whose dog wears a bandana around its neck, but also as the conscientious bookworm who falls asleep contemplating chaos theory or what the most money you could win on “Jeopardy” is, if all the Daily Doubles came at the end of the rounds. We are admonished...
...deal here, akin to a sex-change operation. But in Vermont, the Jeffords of this week seems little different from last week's--independent, pro-tree, pro-choice, pro-special ed. In the eyes of the country, it's George Bush's identity--consummate professional, protean charmer, reasonable conservative--that has become mottled. Bush campaigned as an adult who would restore not only honor but also professionalism to the White House. No all-night sessions strewn with pizza boxes. He would institute appropriate dress, muted cell phones and meetings that started--and ended--on time...
...deal here, akin to a sex-change operation. But in Vermont, the Jeffords of this week seems little different from last week's - independent, pro-tree, pro-choice, pro-special ed. In the eyes of the country, it's George Bush's identity - consummate professional, protean charmer, reasonable conservative - that has become mottled. Bush campaigned as an adult who would restore not only honor but also professionalism to the White House. No all-night sessions strewn with pizza boxes. He would institute appropriate dress, muted cell phones and meetings that started - and ended - on time...