Word: charming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rest, the design of a Greek mask of tragedy, a curious effect. When Buchanan speaks I hear the driving, urgent undershadow of menace (promises of dark things, of retribution) that Senator Joseph R. McCarthy conjured; their voices are eerily similar, and, like Pat, Joe McCarthy had considerable personal charm...
...Vancouver, British Columbia; thus the scenic mountains, and thugs with pasty skin and a predilection to say "Eh?" a lot.) As the guy who cleans up a ghetto, helps a crippled kid and does battle with a rampaging Hovercraft, Chan shows off the muscle of a superhero and the charm of a deft comedian. He doesn't swagger or threaten, flash his Magnum .44 or talk dirty to women; he's Gentleman Jackie...
...MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW York, John Pappas (Al Pacino), is a very hugging guy. He comes on with that mixture of bravado, urgency and imposed intimacy that passes for charm in urban politicians. "Noo Yawk Ciddy--this is the place!" he rasps with the naked brio of someone who owns the joint. It's good to be the mayor. And, for Pappas, it's necessary to connect with voters in a physical, almost sexual way. A handshake and a brisk "How'm I doin'?", a la former Mayor Ed Koch, is not enough. Pappas has to bear...
...occurred to me that one of the resources available to people of some years is a certain polished charm. Somebody should tell Dole...
...cheered myself on and walked in the door. "May I, uh, do you mind if, let me see, I am thinking of...could you give me a change of concentration form please?" She gave it to me without a question. No sweat. Ah, third time must be a charm...