Word: charming
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have great interest in the far-away world of the white man, and I could see that she longed to go there. Hidden as we were in the far-off jungle, I began to dream romantic dreams and to think of jungle mating, but the very sweetness and childish charm of the girl brought me back to the world of reality...
James J. Walker, New York Mayor, continued last week to astonish and charm Europe by his appearance, his behavior, his conversation...
...goal. They attacked, missed, attacked and missed again. Then Hitchcock waved his wand again and the score was 3-0. From that moment the event was no longer a contest; the magic of an irresistible team, playing some of the greatest polo ever seen, cheated the charm of the British team, fighting fiercely through a hopeless defeat...
Jerry's charm was as shady as his sleek hair, his mesalliance and divorce, his cocktail apartment, his never mentioned publishing business (pornography). But Gay's family's intervention was not all that kept them apart the first time. There was Dolly Quinn. What remnant of decency Jerry had was in his feeling for her, a dance-hall hostess who really would not be kissed...
...dark hair in a bandanna and her legs bare and browned above mannish socks. She is a sort of Empress to the "primitives" of the surrounding wilderness. They do her lightest bidding because they regard her, informal and feline, as their equal on their own ground, plus much mysterious charm and knowledge from an unimaginable outer world of limousines, libraries, lingerie and grand manners. Her wealth seems fabulous to them, inspiring not envy but institutional faith. They prefer her checks to regular currency and seldom cash them, bringing old ones in to be rewritten after perhaps two years of passing...