Word: charmingly
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...charisma is authentic. In concert, when he gets a chance to blast his exuberant Everydudeness to the back row, he can make even the most conventional music seem inspirational. He has, as TIME's Joe Klein wrote in frustration and admiration of Clinton in The Natural, the "ability to charm almost anyone under any circumstances...
Four years ago, in his convention speech, George Bush had something to say about Bill Clinton: "Our current President embodied the potential of a generation. So many talents. So much charm ... But, in the end, to what end? So much promise, to no great purpose." Clinton returned fire at the Democratic Convention in Boston last month. "Strength and wisdom," he declared, "are not opposing values." That was his delicate version of the venomous bumper sticker: BUSH: LIKE A ROCK, ONLY DUMBER. But lest John Kerry get smug, Clinton is the guy who warned his fellow Democrats in December 2002 that...
...snow dome, its characters trapped under the glass of their emotion. There's Bianca's young brother, unable to empathize with others because of Asperger's syndrome. At the Siesta Inn, where Heidi takes refuge, the plucky proprietor harbors a deep shame. And there's Joe, whose intractable charm belies an existential crisis hinted at in his flirtations with an older gay landowner. When the dome breaks, things get messy...
...Sopranos) and her extremely bright and nerdy 20year-old son, who is, yes, a rocket scientist. And, oops, there's a cute girl next door. So far, nothing can be accused of breaking the form. But Friends was an O.K. idea that thrived on good writing, actorly charm and a low-key start. Let's hope Joey has two out of three. --By Belinda Luscombe...
...around," says Dean Bonham, a sports-marketing consultant in Denver who specializes in valuing sponsorship deals. To receive one of the rare seven-figure offers in Olympicsville, an athlete must have what Bonham calls a "magical combination" of superior performance in a high-profile sport, good looks or telegenic charm and a compelling story, typically of the triumph-over-adversity variety...