Word: charmingly
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...nothing for his political fortunes. In 1983, during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, 241 members of the U.S. armed forces died after the bombing of a military barracks in Beirut--killed by a suspected Hizballah faction. And Bill Clinton left office bitterly disappointed that all his intelligence and charm were insufficient to bring about a comprehensive settlement between Israel and the Palestinians...
...Folklore and Mythology 106, “Witchcraft and Charm Magic...
...Though not in time for Halloween, the spring semester’s “Witchcraft and Charm Magic”—from the Folklore and Mythology department—may be right up the alley of those in the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association. Undergraduates hoping to learn some of the charm magic described in the course guide might even be able to try it while studying for exams. This new course taught by department chair and Professor of Scandinavian and Folklore Stephen A. Mitchell will also explore the history of neo-paganism...
...then Byron returns to instrumental masturbation in “Show Him Some Lub,” which mixes chants of different creeds and cities against a frenetic clarinet backdrop. It’s particularly bewildering after the minimalist charm of “Red-Tailed Angels,” and it gives the album the feel of B-side collection instead of a unified work...
...Maybe I hear, and feel, something different in Allyson. The Internet Movie Database Obit describes her as having a "raspy voice," and David Thomson, that most gifted of biographical sketch artists, refers to "her petite, sore-throated charm." To my ear, Allyson was a crooner, her voice a salve to her male co-stars' belligerence, grudges or indecision. Those nectarine vocals suited her sweet looks, and the roles assigned her by MGM, when that studio was still America's arbiter of middle-class propriety...