Word: charming
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These inconsistencies are minor, however, anddo not detract from the educational value orengaging charm of the work. The book remainsthought-provoking and highly readable...
...just a fundraiser," Blum concludes. "He's also dedicated to all aspects of Harvard's best interests, and is a man of great personal charm...
...already giving him tender looks, setting the stage for the romance to come. William is taken away by his uncle, who emphasizes education before fighting skills, but that only puts off the inevitable. Predictably, William returns to his home years later and is struck to his home grown-up charm of lively Murron (Catherine McCormack...
Cole found that Fargoans do their homework. "Before meeting me," she says, "one businessman insisted on doing a computer data-base search of all the articles I ever wrote." But to Cole, once a "jaded, guarded New Yorker," Midwestern charm has proved contagious; she felt at ease with her subjects. In turn, they readily offered clues of the coming budget cuts to TIME's Fargo north decoder...
...star-even in her worst, or least, films. For example, French Kiss (co-produced by Ryan), which achieves a level of agreeable inanity only after a grating first hour or so. As a jilted fianca who hooks up with a Gallic jewel thief (Kevin Kline), Ryan cedes all the charm to Kline while remaining the center of attraction. Even in this wan caper, though, she is bold in her playing of an insecure woman who is so intense she seems dense. Her clear blue eyes widen in a perpetual double take at a world that loves to play practical jokes...