Word: flair
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Leyner, for all his comedic flair, chose the only explicitly evil person of the evening: Adolf Hitler...
...like anything that's good," he added. "I'll be looking for technical expertise, how cohesive the band is and flair and creativity...
Stephanie Gibbs (the Pupil) and Padraic O'Reilly (the Professor) worked together marvelously. Their timing was excellent and their flair for the absurd commendable. Through great costuming. O'Reilly had the exhausted, overworked look of a truly brilliant thinker--sunken-in eyes and a not-quite-close shave, combined with greasy hair and a slightly disheveled tuxedo...
...this climate, a new kind of retailing culture has emerged--one divided between discount kings with the technology to dominate (Wal-Mart and cavernous "category killer" outlets like Sports Authority and Circuit City electronics stores) and discount kings with the nerve to sell a little flair. "The newer national chains have come in with better technology, better inventory control and better investing management than the older regional companies," concedes Michael Sherman, executive vice president of Jamesway. That situation forced the 34-year-old retailer to liquidate its merchandise and close its 90 East Coast stores...
Damrosch's dramatic flair could be compared to that of a figure he has studied for an upcoming book, James Naylor. Naylor was a leader of the British Quakers in the 17th century and was anything but austere...