Word: coaxing
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...know what he’s talking about, Vanderweil believes his five female pre-frosh will be putty in his hands. “If they don’t play the games...well, I have full confidence that as the pinnacle of masculinity I will be able to coax them into playing ‘Survivor,’” he says...
...These days, the marble-tiled veranda is the perch of choice for whiling away an afternoon in pseudo-Victorian splendor. Inside the grand four-story colonial building, the sweeping staircase and threadbare red carpet bear witness to a glittering past and can coax out the romantic in anyone. There are more luxurious hotels in the capital, sure, but do any of them set out birdbaths for a resident colony of sparrows...
...German accent to play the part. Problem was, she was living in England and would not come over to audition. Instead, producer Manny Azenberg, Saks and myself flew to London to meet with her. We invited her to lunch and she was amiable and charming, while Saks tried to coax her into doing the German accent for us. With a fiery look in her eyes, she shouted angrily: "I will not audition!" Defeated, we continued our lunch. When finally the dessert tray was offered, she looked it over carefully and said to the waiter in a perfect German accent...
...right kind of director to capture what was very difficult to put on film." Cate Blanchett and Julianne Moore, who signed on as Quoyle's love interests, both praised the freedom Hallström gives actors. "I don't impose performances," he says. If he's displeased, "he'll coax," says producer Leslie Holleran. "He doesn't want to be negative and deconstruct." Instead Hallström says he just tries "whatever it takes - improvisation, lots of takes" - to get the job done...
...persuading Afghan leaders gathered in Germany to accept the principle of a broad-based government. Then again, everyone at the conference has reason to be especially nice; the prize money for consensus is $20 billio n, the amount of aid the international community has pledged as a carrot to coax the fractious Afghans. The three days of talks that began Tuesday in Koenigswinter are aimed at finding agreement among various Afghan factions over some form of transitional g overnment to replace the Taliban - and avert a slide back into the civil war of the pre-Taliban era. Such a government...