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Word: charmingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...alone is worth the price of admission. Constantly made up in her Sunday best, she haunts the sparsely dressed stage clutching her most expensive handbag and making small talk so joyfully that the audience, knowing the harsh realities Flora is hiding, cannot help but shiver. At times, her simple charm can become aggravating. Twenty-Seven Wagons is not one of Williams' greatest short plays. As in many of his shorter works, he tends to overstate his point. But Brodesser speaks with such conviction that Flora's penchant for repetition seems more like a necessary part of her personality than...

Author: By David Kornhaber, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: All's Love and Lost in Seductions | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

...little old, but he can still charm the bloomers off The Wife of Bath...

Author: By Alicia A. Carrasquillo, Sarah L. Gore, and Samuel Hornblower, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Fifteen Hottest Harvard Profs | 11/4/1999 | See Source »

...Although there does remain a die hard resident contingency, who all find a certain type of charm in a common day of rest, they seem to be a dying breed. Current economic growth has prompted many government officials to reconsider the relevancy of the laws and begin work towards keeping the bars open until 3 a.m. or 4 a.m. every weekend...

Author: By A.b. Osceola, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Why So Blue? | 11/4/1999 | See Source »

...Vault Reports' book explains the subtleties of being a good office politician, and how to charm your boss, your co-workers and your clients. It's not only the upper tiers of the corporate hierarchy that you should pay attention to, says the guide. "Never assume that someone is not worth schmoozing or is too busy to talk to you." What companies are the best practitioners of schmooze? According to the guide, No. 1 is General Mills, which, the authors say, is "a marriage factory." For those who find the concept of schmoozing too calculated, the authors argue that such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporate Ps And Qs | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

Half a dozen college chums reune to reminisce, bicker and bond. This agitated comedy (produced by Lee's cousin Spike) could be called The Big Chillin' if it had a smidge of the 1983 film's wit and charm. It's nice to see an African-American story set outside the 'hood, and we'll keep calling hunky Taye Diggs a star of the future until he's 60. But he'll have to be in movies better than The Best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Best Man | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

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