Word: charmingly
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...notion to run after a friend persuaded him to join the ruling Social Democracy Party last September. "In the beginning it was a joke," he told Time Central Europe bureau chief Massimo Calabresi. But now Nastase is addressing the campaign with the full force of his misanthropic charm."I'm 35 years ahead of these people--just my mentality is enough. Who do they think they are?" Apart from honesty, he has few plans. "My ambition is to do a good job. I never plan anything...
...Doom's charm wasn't its almost non-existent plot line, which involved space marines--or something. The attraction was hunt-and-be-hunted action that put the player behind a shotgun barrel (or a chain saw or a nail gun) in a hellish 3-D world of demons and fireball-spitting ogres...
...zapped with psychic powers and an Einstein IQ. Naturally, he's a freak to be avoided, except by one (Kyra Sedgwick) who loves him. Sounds sappy, but could work: director Jon Turteltaub has fashioned some improbable hits (Cool Runnings, While You Were Sleeping), and Travolta is a perpetual charm machine...
...Penny Marshall film was a good idea, but not an easy one to bring off. That film, about a 12-year-old boy who makes a wish to become "big" and lives to regret that his prayers were answered, had two elusive qualities that get lost in translation: charm and impeccable taste. The movie is consciously scaled down and is able to sustain the dreamlike quality that a fairy tale needs to have. Onstage, Big blusters. There are squads of kids charging around, excellent dancers all, but they look like pint-size adults churning out routines. Nothing is left...
Which is exactly why it should not be torn down. Baseball is a sport whose charm lies in its traditions, good or bad. Those kids chasing down those foul balls will cherish the memory of watching a good ole' fashioned butt-whipping...