Word: charming
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...People think there’s a wicked charm,” Graham said, referring to the past cancellations. “It’s not a bewitched visit…it’s a great honor, and people want to relish...
...colonel in 2000, the empty nesters decided it was finally time to have the home they really wanted. When Phillip's new employer at the time--United Parcel Service--moved him to Louisville, the couple found a nine-month-old one-story house that had all the features and charm they had ever wanted. It was located in an upscale suburban neighborhood that was the perfect place for them to settle down in and spend their golden years...
...other hand, if one is as genetically blessed as Ashton Kutcher, the viewer expects a certain romantic suaveness, a Cary Grant-esque inclination to charm. Instead, he demonstrates a horrific capacity to remind you of when your brother was twelve and had no spatial reasoning ability...
...expected, coming to Harvard has expanded my horizons, or at least stretched them further along the Northeast corridor. I’ve learned to navigate an entirely new and un-grid-like city, adjusted to life without round-the-clock pizza delivery, and come to appreciate the charm of Boston’s brick-laden, cobbled-street neighborhoods. Despite the grudging fondness I’ve developed for Beantown, when senior job panic rolled around, I spent my fall submitting applications, racking up frequent flier miles, and assuming this July would see me safely back in the City, where...
...focused on China's image," says an Australian bureaucrat. "But their methods have been heavy-handed on Falun Gong - they've given them far too much attention." On Taiwan, says another official, the Chinese have been emphatic in public and assiduous in working the back channels. If anything, the charm offensive has worked so well that usually robust Australians - afraid to give offense or spoil a business venture - often seem unduly sensitive about Chinese feelings. In numerous interviews for this story, participants new to China prefaced their remarks by saying, "I don't want to offend the Chinese...