Word: charming
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...strong-dollar mantra was originated by O'Neill predecessor Robert Rubin in the mid-1990s precisely to avoid such confusion. "It was boring, it was dull, it was repetitive, it was nonintellectual, and it worked like a charm," is how Alan Greenspan once described it when he was Fed chairman. "By not varying the statement, an issue never arose about whether a comment involved a subtle change or not in the policy toward the dollar...
...dropped her false teeth out the window onto the Jordanian side, and after much negotiation, the nuns were allowed to cross over and search for them. Rubinger's shot is of a nun triumphantly holding up the lost dentures. His epic pictures came later, and Rubinger's puckish charm, humor and uncanny instinct for being in the right place when news happens were nearly as instrumental to his success as his artistic...
...Brown’s staunch defense pitched a shutout, the first time this season that Harvard failed to get on the scoreboard. Bears’ goalie Stephanie Laing, with eight saves recorded her second career shutout. HARTWICK 17, HARVARD 7The third time proved not to be a charm for the Crimson as they dropped their third consecutive game this season against the Hawks.Harvard kept it competitive through the first quarter and only found itself down 3-2. The Hartwick attack, led by Kirsten Hudson, opened up in the second quarter and launched a five-goal barrage at the Crimson net.On...
...can?t tidy up his apartment. Off he goes to a resort in Hawaii, doing his best to forget his troubles. Naturally, Sarah is shacked up there with Peter?s replacement, a hirsute, laid-back and slyly egomaniacal rock star named Aldous, who is played with an oddly insinuating charm by British comic Russell Brand. Peter attempts to learn surfing, drinks to excess and spies clumsily on the lovers. He has quite a lot on his plate - so much so that he for a long time ignores a very tempting side dish, a hotel receptionist named Rachel (the lovely Mila...
Third Time's the Charm...