Word: flair
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...with a clearly stated mandate would eliminate the competitive and counterproductive nonsense that hinders the well-intentioned work of the administration. But an office alone is not sufficient. There needs to be an effective, charismatic leader who will tackle these tough issues seriously, maturely and even with a little flair...
Cornell quarterback Bill Lazor racked up 321 yards in the air on 31-of-50 passing to earn Sophomore of the Week honors. Lazor showed a flair for the dramatic, connecting for the game-winning touchdown with only five seconds remaining...
...show ended with a spunky medley of tunes from the Seventies, and encores included Opportune standards "Zombie Jamboree" and the "Let the Music Play" mix. The crowd never can get enough of "Zombie," performed with flair by the whole group and especially by Casey Gallagher...
...designers. In the '20s, Coco Chanel cut hers from crystal in a severe, geometric shape, setting the standard for power bottles. At the time it spelled freedom and modernity to women, and it is still immediately identifiable. Now companies look for a mixture of old-fashioned quality and contemporary flair. Klein's pristine tube for Escape began in his mind as an appurtenance in an English travel case. Arden headed down to the rhinestone mines. For SpellBound, Lauder added a detachable atomizer, achieving a sort of nostalgic novelty. "Success is like a one-armed bandit," observes Pierre Dinand, a French...
Marylanders have learned to expect the unexpected from Schaefer, a Democrat who is serving his second four-year term. A 69-year-old bachelor with a hot temper and a flair for the flamboyant, he made headlines in February by granting clemency to eight women convicted of murdering men who had abused them. In the notoriously corrupt politics of Maryland, he remains squeaky clean, an unpolished zircon who spends as many nights in the working-class row house he has lived in all his life as he does in the 53-room official mansion that was redecorated by his close...