Word: charms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Examine one fairly new item: airhead. It means, of course, a brainless person, someone given to stupid behavior and opinions. But it is a vacuous, dispiriting little effort. The word has no invective force or metaphorical charm. When slang settles for the drearily literal (airhead equals empty head), it is too tired to keep up with the good stuff...
...many of Rooney's columns can't be taken more than a few minutes at a time. There's a limit to how many little mysteries of daily life one can absorb in a sitting or two. Essays entitled "Glue," "Hangers," and "Pennies" lose some of their off beat charm when they follow the likes of "Bathtubs." "The Refrigerator," and "Donuts...
Essays like "Hot Weather" underscore Rooney's narrative skill and ability to charm. When he served in the army. Rooney couldn't sleep because of the unbearable summer heat. Late one night, he crawled undetected under the barracks until he reached the base's post exchange, where he found discarded cakes...
...best of And More possesses an "It's a Wonderful Life" charm identifiable enough to provoke a reader's nodding appreciation. But it Rooney truly believes that [although] I am not sick or dying... right now... I'm determined to remind myself how good
Running for the Garden State's open Senate seat, Rep. Fenwick has unashamedly capitalized on the personal charm which long ago captured national attention. The patrician accent is as genuine as the pearls on her neck and the concern she voices for the common man, distant though he may be from her lifestyle and upbringing. No one in New Jersey, with the possible exception of certain construction industry heavyweights, dislikes Fenwick...