Word: charming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other goal against this season? Boston College, naturally. Of course, it didn't hurt that Notman once again brought her good luck charm along...
...critic wrote after seeing a 1916 Chagall exhibition could be said of Nattel's Blaszka: "That this 'Jewish hole' [Chagall's term for his birthplace], dirty and smelly, with its winding streets, its blind houses and its ugly people, bowed down by poverty, can be thus attired in charm, poetry and beauty...this is what enchants us and surprises us at the same time...
...aimed at undermining the United States' traditional pro-Israeli stance." Arafat and other Palestinian leaders believe that if they can warm U.S. officials to the idea of Palestinian self-determination, and ultimately a Palestinian state, Israel will have no choice but to yield on the issue. Arafat's charm offensive "has so far worked well," says Beyer. It succeeded in getting Clinton to visit Gaza last year with nearly all the trappings of a state visit. Palestinians leaders believe the trip may have put the camel's nose in the tent, and Arafat now wants to do his best...
...very presence there brought some electricity into the gaslit setting. All lemony charm and discipline, at times condescending, at times lethal in her sarcasm and breathtaking in her daring, she argued that the Senators need not fear that acquitting Clinton will harm women or civil rights; she would vouch for him. After Mills was through, Strom Thurmond, the old segregationist, came over to congratulate her. Mills' White House office quickly filled up with so many flowers from well wishers that aides joked it looked like a wedding chapel...
...your mansions/ Come around/ We'll kick your a__ in." Make a statement like that, and you've got to back it up with material better than the music of the acts you've criticized. Well, while this album isn't a creative breakthrough, it does have charm and verve. A number of songs are anthem-like and uplifting, and when Alexander howls the choruses, he seems convinced that what he's doing is powerful and revelatory, and now and again, for a sweet flash, he makes the listener believe it too. One other thing: he is a better performer...