Word: charming
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...attorney and accountant at Arthur Young who moved over to his client, McDonald's, as chief financial officer in 1982. He spent lots of time building the financial structures needed for the company's overseas development, but has little experience in burger warfare. That's part of his charm. "I don't feel defensive," he says...
...June 7 at New York's Belmont Park, all eyes--as well as many bets and hopes--will be on Silver Charm, a 3-year-old gunmetal gray colt by Silver Buck out of Bonnie's Poker; and his trainer, Bob Baffert, a 44-year-old silver-haired charmer by an Arizona cattle rancher out of a schoolteacher. Together, along with jockey Gary Stevens and owners Bob and Beverly Lewis, they have won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, the first two jewels of the Triple Crown. This Saturday they will try to win the third, the Belmont...
...According to Baffert, "he had a beautiful long stride, absolutely effortless, and a quarter-mile time that was pretty damn good. But I hadn't seen him in person, so this was like buying on the Home Shopping Network." Baffert's offer of $85,000 was accepted, and Silver Charm was his. The horse had been overlooked for a number of reasons. He was literally an ugly yearling, hairless because of mange. His breeding wasn't very special. But lurking in his pedigree was his dam's sire, Poker, who was also the maternal grandfather of 1977 Triple Crown winner...
Turning on the Charm...
...first publication was a story called "Winter Rain" in a now-defunct magazine, Charm...