Word: charms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Church. Yet Farley is the latest, the most inventive and complex, in this reliquary of triteness, this film of continuous banality. Lemmon copes admirably: at moments reminiscent of Ronald Reagan at his complacent best, he creates with terrifying familiarity a portrait of the sycophantic politician per excellence. He oozes charm, exudes insincerity, succeeding so well, in fact, that the only thing priestly about this bon vivant is the funny collar he wears. It appears as just that, and in no way a credible proof of his purported priestly status. Why not call a spade a spade the man a pinstriped...
Little about Fathers Playing Catch with Sons is new, but then, little about baseball is new. That constitutes its charm: the repetition of timeless patterns, refreshed by talent, energy and humor. Game-starved aficionados, it is less than two months to opening day. Until then it is well to remember the name and work of the old knuckleballer Donald Hall. How do you spell relief...
Fourteen years ago, as director of the Architecture and Environmental Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts, Lacy launched NEA's Federal Design Improvement Project. The late Nancy Hanks then chaired the NEA, and it took all of her considerable charm and political savvy plus Lacy's drive and enthusiasm to win over key Government officials. They included members of what seemed to be an uncomprehending General Services Administration, which is in charge of most federal buildings and furnishings. Good design, argued Lacy and Hanks, was not a frill but something that made economic sense...
...everyday dealings Svetlana behaved more reasonably, frequently disarming new acquaintances with a charm that was undeniably genuine. She touched people by the evident sincerity of her religious belief. "She could be warm, lovely and simple," says Margedant Hayakawa, Wes Peters' sister, who remained a supportive friend...
...great stature, however, are few and far between. History especially affords us with few examples of such men. One, though, certainly seems to be Sir Thomas More. More is a figure familiar to most. The author of a great book, a lawyer, a man of wit, charm and learning. More was also a martyr, the man who gave up his life rather than forfeit his principles. He has been made familiar to us through several biographies and, perhaps most permanently by the play and film. A Man for All Seasons...