Word: debonairly
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...Laura, the First Lady, said, 'Where are you going?' I said, 'Well, I'm going to go speak to a banquet of high-tech entrepreneurs and people who are making the economy grow.' She said, 'Whatever you do, don't try to be charming, witty or debonair...Just be yourself...
...Appearance on the Tonight show: "[Laura] gave me a little advice tonight. She said, 'Whatever you do, don't try to be charming, witty or debonair...Just be yourself...
...might want to head over to the Dean's Welcome. Here, too, the Junior Parents Weekend Committee has hit the nail on the head. At this event your parents will be welcomed to Harvard in the same way that you were two-and-a-half years ago--by a debonair administrator who will crack a few jokes, flash a toothy smile, assure your parents that the administration cares very much about undergraduates and then disappear for the rest of the weekend. Your parents will have the sneaking suspicion that the encounter is superficial and just for show...
...What was Crosby's secret? The seamlessness, the integrity of the package: His smooth, pleasant face perfectly suited his smooth, pleasant voice and the casual wit of his professional personality. One would call the Crosby style debonair, if the word didn't suggest class. Bing was of every class and none; his trick was to elevate the Joe Average attitude to a kind of masculine chic. It was an attitude, of a man at ease with himself and his success, that would help him dominate entertainment until the '50s. In pop-cultural history - Jolson to Crosby to Elvis - Bing...
DIED. JEAN-PIERRE AUMONT, 90, debonair French actor whose career spanned six decades and several continents; in Saint Tropez. His reel-life leading-man status translated to real-life heroism when he earned the Croix de Guerre for service in the French armed forces in 1944. An actor who performed on both the stage and silver screen--most notably as a randy swimming instructor in Lac aux Dames--Aumont was also a megastar with women. Although he married twice, he was more celebrated for his engagements to, among others, screen luminaries Hedy Lamarr and Grace Kelly...