Word: flair
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...less-than-professional voices only add to the show's charm, while most of the leads are good enough to carry the show by themselves. Geoffrey Menin's score (although occasionally imitative and frequently too loud) and the authors' brilliant lyrics (although often inaudible) give the show a nice flair. True, the chorus line isn't exactly off-Broadway material, but that lack of expertise does not really matter because obviously everyone in the cast is laughing as much at themselves as the audience is laughing with them...
...final buzzer ended the physical interaction of the game, but it started some post-game contact that was far more personal than the contest's aggressive flair. The women and administrators gathered at center court to shake hands, exchange introductions, and rap about the game...
...Clinton, Mass. must realize by now. Carter people griped that the press refused to treat the campaign on any but a symbolic level--hence the long, analytical pieces on Miss Lillian's fish pond and brother Billy's proclivity for Budweiser. But Carter himself has a good flair for showmanship, and he exploited the public attention to imagery for all it was worthy--the solar heated (supposedly) inaugural podium is one example. Nor was Carter alone in his attention to symbols. Jerry Brown promised early in his campaign to remove, if elected, all of the presidential portraits in every federal...
...Cambridge before his first article appeared in the Times in 1907 under the heading "Golf and the Championship." Prior to Darwin, sports in newspapers had been consigned to the old Victorian concept of "Sporting Intelligence," which amounted to a few morsels of trivia and numbers. Darwin's literary flair and telegraphic accounts of matches quickly made his Saturday features an eagerly awaited treat savored by thousands of readers...
...party that Strauss rebuilt helped carry Jimmy Carter into the White House. Last week Strauss received his reward. Impressed by his effectiveness and flair, Carter wrestled down his earlier resentment over Strauss's preference for other candidates and recruited him for a job in which his personal drive may serve the entire nation. At 7:45 one morning, the President summoned Strauss to the Oval Office and offered him the post of Special Representative for Trade Negotiations. Strauss mulled it over for about 30 hours and then he said...