Word: charming
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...handsome young lawyer (Robert Redford) uses his charm and telegenicity to challenge an aging Senate incumbent. Welcome to the new politics. Jeremy Larner, who won an Oscar for his screenplay, had been Eugene McCarthy's chief speechwriter in the 1968 campaign. His insider's take was a cautionary tale of such subtlety that it sailed over the heads of some viewers--like Dan Quayle, who said the movie inspired him to be a politician...
Segolene Royal has succeeded by presenting herself as the image of honorable French womanhood and employing the politics of charm [Oct. 9]. She is adept at handling policy issues pragmatically rather than ideologically. Since her partner, Socialist Party secretary François Hollande, has also been touted as a potential presidential candidate, there is an across-the-water parallel. Like Hillary and Bill Clinton in the U.S., this may be another welcome case of getting two for the price...
...France's Lady of the Left Ségolène Royal has succeeded by presenting herself as the image of honorable French womanhood and employing the politics of charm [Oct. 9]. She is adept at handling policy issues pragmatically rather than ideologically. Since her partner, Socialist Party secretary François Hollande, has also been touted as a potential presidential candidate, there is an across-the-water parallel. Like Hillary and Bill Clinton in the U.S., this may be another welcome case of getting two for the price of one. Martin L. Grey High Wycombe, England...
...good actors to give it heft and plausibility. I'm not asking for today's equivalents of Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine, the stars of the Sleuth movie, but there's more to acting, even horror movie acting, than screaming in agony and shouting in rage. Whannel (who is charm personified when chatting about the film on the DVD featurette) and Elwes can't manage the crucial middle range of emotions the two men have to feel in the moments when they're not trying to kill each other or save themselves...
With Halloween just around the corner, FM is keeping an eye out for any charms or hexes that might bewitch the undergraduate community (leaving you free to worry about more important issues, such as how to turn a teddy into a Halloween costume: see this week’s 15 list for hints). We turned to Professor of Scandinavian and Folklore and Chair of the Committee on Degrees in Folklore and Mythology Stephen A. Mitchell for some tips. “An… item, carved some time before 1248, was unearthed in Bergen on a small wooden stave...