Word: charming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Britain came to know as Fergie was made up of earth colors and earthy views, promising a shot of red blood into thin royal veins. "She is the best thing in my life," Andrew often told friends, while his bride openly gushed, "I love his wit, his charm, his looks. I worship...
DICK GEPHARDT (+1) Could deliver Missouri and add junkyard-dog intensity to Clinton's soft-focus charm. Drawbacks: the eye-brow gap (look closely) and his Japan-bashing protectionism...
...Moreover, the actors seem weirdly naturalistic for so polemic a text. Close never gets crazy enough for the audience to doubt whether she is right, as must happen to sustain tension. Dreyfuss goes right to the expedient, exploitative core of the husband without visiting the needed surface idealism and charm. Hackman's performance does not engage guilt or innocence; it remains stuck at bafflement throughout. These are high-voltage talents giving low-wattage portrayals...
...Wegman's best pictures, his implacable dogs are a surrogate for the part of ourselves that we hold back from the world, above all in our moments of abject obedience. In one picture after another, the secret of Fay Ray's charm is the way she gets the last laugh, even when wrapped in aluminum foil, by facing down the camera with her own impenetrable self-enclosure...
...would they? At Bush headquarters they wonder if Nixon, who hasn't attended a convention since 1972, is really rehabilitated enough to help rather than harm. And there is a question whether Reagan will project his renowned charm and enthusiasm -- not to mention concerns about Ford's dexterity onstage...