Word: charms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...give Americans the idea that they are getting what they pay for. His critics say Reagan is lucky. He is. The decline in the world price of oil, for example, was a huge fortuity, and may explain Reagan's current attraction for the electorate even more than his famous charm. Critics say that he is coated with Teflon, that no mess that he makes ever sticks to him. That is perfectly true...
...mission that Reagan has embarked upon has nothing to do with his personal charm. He has set out to reverse the course of American government that was charted by Franklin Roosevelt. If F.D.R. explored the upper limits of what government could do for the individual, Reagan is testing the lower limits. Reagan's opinions and policies would be enough in another time to have protesters marching in the streets, or worse. And yet something about Reagan soothes and unites--even though the effects of his programs may repel. He softens the meaner edges of conservatism with populist effusions, reaching outside...
...their formidable intellect and persuasiveness as well as their personal charm, Rehnquist and Scalia stand at least a chance of making the court more cohesive and coherent. Their judicial...
...Personal charm and amiability are hardly trivial considerations for a Justice who wants to influence the court. The Chief Justice is merely first among equals on a court that Justice Powell once described as "nine one-man law firms." To sway his sometimes fiercely independent colleagues, a chief must be both intellectually forceful and collegial...
Like James Bond, Ferris (Matthew Broderick), who pretends to be sick from high school in order to go escapading with friends in Chicago, uses devilish charm, outlandish technology and incredibly good luck, to escape being caught by a school administrator. Like Woody Allen, Ferris soliloquizes into the camera...