And Ms. Scherfig, a Danish filmmaker whose previous work includes "Italian for Beginners," the only comedy the Dogme 95 movement has ever produced, and the morbidly charming "Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself," catches some of the headlong energy of the British and French New Waves that were part of Jenny's world.
The Conservatives are not disclosing what was said at the dinner or whether Murdoch, who was on the record two years ago as describing Cameron as "bright and charming" but wanting " some real policies" before deciding whether he was a real alternative to New Labour, had now warmed to him.
Psychopaths are no more skillful at lying than anyone else, but they are so charming we want to believe them, and we do.
Despite his reputation, Turing could also be disarmingly charming when he wanted to be.
Reggie was the cheeky, charming one who wanted to go straight for the sake of love; and Ronnie was the psychotic, slobbering hulk who messed everything up.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. could be charming when he wanted — he especially enjoyed conversation with beautiful, titled women — but he could be brutally dismissive as well.
My first public assignment was to help steer a couple of charming Americans who wanted to know about the route we were taking.
He was charming and I wanted to say to him 'you were wonderful' and had all these wonderful descriptions of him.
CHARMING when he wanted to be, clever, in a cunning way, and devoted to his wife: that would be about the sum of any verdict on Slobodan Milosevic were the obituarist to follow the Roman injunction to say nothing but good when speaking of the dead.
Minor, a charming egomaniac, always wanted to crush ZDNet and there must have been some sort of falling out regarding this buyout plan.
