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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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charm offensive a campaign of flattery, friendliness, and cajolement designed to achieve the support or agreement of others.
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 "Herald News, The (Joliet, IL)")
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Charm bracelet sees its rebirth
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 9/4/2003; 700+ words
; ...Jacobs has created a bracelet and nine charms, with plans to add a new charm every year. The charms are priced at $1,300 to $3,000...gold charms at $400 to $1,200 per charm. But there are charms and bracelets to fit everyone's budget...
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Charm school: Charms are an enduring and endearing jewelry fashion: personal history worn on a gleaming chain.(JEWELRY)
Magazine article from: Antiques Roadshow Insider; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...widespread popularity of charm bracelets in recent...GIs bringing home charms as mementos of the...program were given a charm bracelet personalized...1950s and '60s. Charms and their supporting...it for her has a charm bracelet in the mid...years. One of the charms on the necklace...
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Charm school
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 12/8/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...fascination with charms after the Enlightenment...Victoria who reinvented charm jewellery as an expression...last few years the charm bracelet has become...of jewellery: 'Charms are so, well, charming...diamond skull and snake charm at 2,800. At the...superstitious origins of charms. ...
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Charms and Charming in Europe/English Verbal Charms
Magazine article from: Western Folklore; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Charms and Charming in Europe...English Verbal Charms. By Jonathan Roper...notes, bibliography, charm-type index. N...in "The Self of a Charm," his contribution...2004 volume, that "charms are always connected...
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CHARM Programme demonstrates benefits of Atacand.
Newspaper article from: Pharma Business Week; 9/29/2003; 700+ words
; ...not they are taking an ACE-inhibitor. CHARM cochairman, professor Karl Swedberg, of Sweden, introduced the rationale behind the CHARM Programme: "While the incidence of most...and this requirement led us to devise the CHARM Programme in order to evaluate the clinical...
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EA Unveils 'Charm Girls Club'.
Magazine article from: Health & Beauty Close-Up; 6/2/2009; 700+ words
; ...immersed in the fabulous Charm Girls" world where...sparkly, virtual charms as they complete...Collecting virtual charms is key in Charm Girls Club. Challenges...add to her virtual charm jewelry box. Special multiplayer charms can also be earned...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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CHARM IS A TOOL WITH HIGH-POWERED PULL.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 7/30/2000; 700+ words
; ...Survivor'' fan, recognizes the charm dynamic playing out on the hottest...People that don't have charm may feel threatened, which...flying that Gervase ultimately charms his way to the $1 million grand...he has learned that a little charm covers a lot of territory...
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A charm is a spell or incantat ...
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/1/2002; 700+ words
; A charm is a spell or incantation...supernatural powers. Charms, which are universally...satirical poems she calls "Charm Bracelet." She exorcises...herself by writing "Charms for an Unwritten Character...a woman who wore charm bracelets") and imagines...
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NATURAL CHARM; BAUBLES MADE FROM BONE, LEATHER AND SHELL DANGLE FROM EVERYTHING THIS SEASON.
Magazine article from: WWD; 1/30/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...language alphabet letters, charms will be seen everywhere. "We're doing these charm belts -- a line of nice belts that have different charms you clip on," said...necklace or a cell phone charm." The charms, called Swingers, are...
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'Charm' faces third and long; Run for history at Belmont could turn into 'freak' show.
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 6/7/1997; ; 700+ words
; ELMONT, N.Y. -- When Silver Charm endeavors to become only the 12th thoroughbred...but one nagging fear prevents Silver Charm's trainer from getting giddy about his...horses way up," Baffert said after Silver Charm galloped once around the expansive track...
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Charm Bracelet
Book article from: Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
Charm Bracelet Acharm...symbols, called charms, are attached...jewelry bearing charms has been worn through...popularity of the charm bracelet began...Originally a charm was an object that...it. Good luck charms, also called amulets...
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charm
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
charm / ch ärm...captivated by her youthful charm. ∎ (usu. charms ) an attractive or alluring characteristic: the charms of the city. 2. a small...gain or influence by charm: he charmed her into...
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Charm Farm
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
Charm Farm Rock band For the Record … Charm Farm spent the summer of 1997 traveling the wilderness of...studio into the wilderness. Things started to happen for Charm Farm on the night that they swept the Detroit Metro Times...
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Charm (Carmen)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Charm (Carmen) A magical formula, sung or recited...and Paul Colin. How to Make Amulets, Charms, & Talismans. New York: M. Evans...Sepharial [Walter Gorn Old]. The Book of Charms and Talismans. New York: Arc Books, 1969...
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Counter Charms
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Counter Charms Charms employed to counteract the effect of other charms. When magicians wished to disenchant animals, they sprinkled salt in a porringer (a small basin) with some blood from one of the bewitched creatures and repeated certain formulas for nine days.
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