Word: charms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This four-part Masterpiece Theater series captures some of that elusive charm and appeal. It begins just after the young Disraeli (Ian McShane) has returned from an extended trip through the Middle East. His fiction has made him a celebrity, and he is pursued by the hostesses of society as ardently as he is by his creditors. The women win out and, as they were to do throughout his life, inspire and uplift him. To escape the moneylenders, however, he marries a rich widow twelve years his senior-and immediately falls in love with her. Often silly and foolish...
Cafe Singer Bobby Short is master of ceremonies. Although his dandified talent is misapplied here, the songs he dusts off (Tall, Tan and Terrific, Posin ') have period charm as well as charm, period. Present-day Broadway is represent ed by Nell Carter, that kitten of brass from Ain't Misbehavin', and Tap Dancer Gregory Hines from t, a one-man funky fusillade...
...turned out, only Kate Smith could prevent lightning from striking twice in the same playoff year. Five years ago tonight, the white-haired, bespectacled, jolly good luck charm whom the Flyers trotted out to sing "God Bless America" in place of the national anthem on only the most special--or, in this case, desperate--of occasions, did her thing...
Beneath the engaging charm and cheery exterior lies a host of deep-seated beliefs Spencer is modest to the point of resenting publicity; and the unselfish nature which manifests itself in dedication to the Radcliffe crew spills over into other activities as well. As chairman of the Dunster House Committee, a member of the Alumni Relations Committee, and undergraduate representative to the Standing Committee on Athletics, Spencer has concerned herself primarily with the needs of others...
Like an aging beauty trying to regain her charm with another facelift, Sears, Roebuck & Co. is struggling to recover its longtime merchandising prowess. After flirting with fashion and trying to outdiscount the discounters, the nation's largest retailer (1979 sales: $17.5 billion) is returning to its tried and true, highly successful selling formula: aiming straight for the charge accounts of America's middle class. The artist picked to give Sears its beautiful new visage is Edward Brennan, 46, who was installed earlier this month as the second youngest president in the firm's 94-year history...