Word: charming
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...around. Petsi pie is the only pie around, as far as I am concerned. I went first on a Thursday afternoon and found it suffused with the genial hum of satisfied customers. Think the coziness of Darwin’s with a bit of the mismatched, worn-in charm of Charlie’s Kitchen, but without the seating problems of either. People came and went at a pretty steady pace the whole time my friend and I were there, but the staff still managed to get us our baked goods and coffee without much of a wait. My slice...
...Marine Regiment spent much of this year deployed in Ramadi, the heart of the Sunni Triangle and one of the most dangerous outposts in Iraq. The things they carry are often emblems of love or faith, reminders of home and a higher purpose. PFC Phillip Busenlehner's good-luck charm is an angel pendant given to him by his best friend's mother last year before Busenlehner left for boot camp. The case it came in reads, "An angel to give you strength to overcome any challenge." The pendant has been blessed by three priests and the Pope...
...last time presumptive Pentagon boss Robert M. Gates faced Senate confirmation - for CIA director in 1991- he put a small good-luck charm in his pocket. It was a smooth, white oblong stone he'd picked up while hiking in Washington State's Olympic Range. Gates put it in his pocket to remind him during the tough confirmation hearings that there was life after Washington if his nomination went down to defeat...
...wasn’t for lack of charm. “He could have dated anybody he wanted to date,” Breaux says...
...fourth and fifth goals were very much avoidable,” Donato said. “Goals are too hard to come by to be able to give them up in bunches in that short a period of time.” THIRD TIME’S THE CHARM Harvard regrouped in the final frame, scoring twice to turn a three-goal blowout into a one-goal nail-biter. “Our best period of the year, hands down,” Reese said. The Crimson hit hard and forced St. Lawrence into its own zone for minutes...