Word: charming
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That is the abiding charm of the Olympics: in an age of made-for-TV political campaigns and prepackaged beauty contests, they are almost the only universally watched events that seem decidedly unpredictable. And in that sense the Games have not changed at all. Yes, it is true that geopolitics has produced almost as many miracles as sports since the last time the world met under the five Olympic rings; a bipolar world is now multicultural. But John le Carre, the poet laureate of the cold war, has not seen fit to lay down his pen. He recognizes, it seems...
...powerful, charismatic figures, Raphael Hunter, an outright scoundrel, and Albion Pugh, who is more of a chronic liar and gifted fabulist. Both men are effortlessly successful with women: Ramsay loses his wife to Hunter and a beloved cousin to Pugh. He envies Pugh's "capacity to mythologise existence . . . his charm and his whatever it was he had instead of genius...
...exceptions (Max gets stuck in the briefcase of a Senator taking bribes), the comedy comes from sitcom-style wisecracks and routine cartoon sight gags that might just as well be taking place in Omaha. The Hanna-Barbera animation, though a cut above the Saturday- morning usual, has little charm. Cartoons aimed at the whole family ought to be either funny (The Simpsons) or cute (The Little Mermaid). Capitol Critters is neither...
FATHER OF THE BRIDE. In 1992 the middle class deserves a good cry over something besides the recession, so why not a wedding? Well, because this soppy comedy is pretty lame, despite the efforts of Steve Martin (Dad) and the easy charm of Diane Keaton...
...Uniformed Services medical school. Moreover, he says, "it takes less energy to get close to a patient than to maintain a distance." Auster warns, however, that caring should not be confused with wallowing in soppy feelings with patients or adopting an appealing bedside manner. "That's superficial charm," he declares, as opposed to the more difficult task of grappling with the painful emotional issues in medicine...