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He’s not the only one to experience Gates’ charm. Gates—who has built the Af-Am Department into a powerhouse over his decade-and-a-half at its helm—says he has sent flowers to every single scholar he has tried to recruit...
Then Cedric Hampton comes to visit. A distant relation of Lord Montdore, Cedric has lived abroad his entire life and English society awaits his arrival with intense curiosity and vague superiority. When Cedric does arrive, he manages to charm everyone. No one seems to mind that he is flamboyantly homosexual, least of all Lady Montdore...
...increasingly fair to ask: Does anyone else? For nearly three years as Defense Secretary, Rumsfeld has employed everything from smiling charm to podium-pounding bluntness in his battles with Congress, the Pentagon bureaucracy and his colleagues in the Bush Administration over who controls foreign policy. But his recent pronouncements, both public and private, have grown into a regular political distraction for a President who is already on the defensive for his handling of the Iraq war and its aftermath--both of which were designed largely by Rumsfeld himself...
...before, he greeted the Rice leak with a loud Bronx cheer and suggested to foreign reporters that it wouldn't change much of anything at all, which of course was true. A White House official, tongue in cheek, explained Rumsfeld's remarks by saying, "The Secretary's charm offensive is well known...
...Advisory Panel of the Coolidge.In “Prairie,” Streep delivers another genuine, effortless performance, Midwestern accent and all. Coupled with Altman’s directing style—which many recognize by its characteristic natural feel—the film adopts a graceful charm. Altman uses several unique technical and philosophical approaches to create his signature effect.Multiple cameras—at least three, mostly three, and occasionally four, according to Altman—work each scene, preventing actors from catering to a single one. “It turns it into a theatrical experience...