Word: charming
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GREEN CARD. In his first big Hollywood film, French superstar Gerard Depardieu cheerfully goes slumming with sex, lies, and videotape's Andie MacDowell. Peter Weir's comedy offers a little charm, less story and virtually no movie...
...enviable debut as a writer. Iron and Silk was an account of the two years he spent in Hunan teaching English to Chinese medical students. A young man's book, it was modest and graceful and, most important, managed to reflect how the author's own openness and charm brought out the candor in the reserved Chinese people he encountered...
Third time is a charm--Word got out last week that Harvard Law Professor Lance M. Liebman, a popular figure with faculty and students alike, was the top candidate for the dean's post at Columbia Law School. For Liebman, who was an associate dean at Harvard Law School and served on the Yale Corporation for several years, this marks the third time in recent years he's been considered in a search for major academic position. Two years ago, Liebman made the short list for Harvard Law's top post, although rumor had it he later withdrew his name...
...beautifully beveled body into every scene, take direction conscientiously -- and when it comes time to promote the picture, press the flesh till fingers go numb. "Arnold loves being a movie star," says Ivan Reitman, his director on Twins and Kindergarten Cop. "He approaches the role with great gusto and charm. He is a throwback to the classic movie stars of the '40s, who were proud of their profession. If you're going...
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL'S CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR. This delightful potpourri of holiday song, dance and frivolity continues to charm children -- and their parents -- as engagingly as it has for the past 57 years. All the seasonal staples are there, from the Nutcracker's wooden soldiers and Santa's elves to the traditional show-closing Nativity scene in which, as usual, live camels, sheep and donkeys manage to upstage the Holy Family. In New York City, through...