'talisman' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is used to refer to an object that is believed to bring good luck, protection, or other benefits. For example: "She kept a small talisman in her pocket for protection."
Zuniga defended the challenge, claiming he did not deliberately try to hurt Brazil's talisman.
Chris Froome, Team Sky talisman and defending Tour champion, will need to keep his wits about him, particularly on the undulating approach to the finish line in Sheffield – his rivals will be queuing up to dent his chances on home turf.
The talisman of this team was Zinédine Zidane, a native of Marseilles whose family, of Berber origin, came originally from Algeria.
Italy's talisman and creator-in-chief was the planet's finest player, having won the Ballon d'Or the previous December and scored 17 league goals for Juventus in the season before the tournament.
Steven Gerrard is trying not to his let emotions get the better of him as the Liverpool captain and talisman prepares for his Anfield farewell in his final competitive appearance in front of the Kop as Crystal Palace visit Merseyside on Saturday.
Conservatives, who see "the end of western civilisation" in the marriages, look back to 1973 and another Supreme Court ruling: Roe v Wade, which legalised abortion and started a culture war that has lasted for 30 years.If "life" has been one talisman of the American right, this week "family" became another.
The intensity of the schedule led the team to disintegrate: Jonathan Trott returned early with a stress-related illness, Matt Prior was dropped, Graeme Swann announced his retirement halfway through the series and Kevin Pietersen, England's talisman, was sacked.
Proposed changes to family migration, out for consultation until October 6th, are likely to prove even more controversial.In this section Start me up How the West was won The talisman tax The humbling I do (conditions apply) Hornets' nest Urbane guerrilla ReprintsThe debate over family migration tends to be especially acrimonious, for two reasons.
Mr Gebreselassie may be hoping this time that the passing of the man who ruled Ethiopia for more than two decades has left the country's politicians hungry for a new talisman.
Yet they will do so without their talisman, just about the only batsman in the side, alongside Alastair Cook, who looks able to tame the ferocious South African attack.
But, in a study just published in Public Library of Science Biology, Dr Trejaut and Dr Lin nail the question down with that talisman of modern research, genetics.Present day Taiwan has a population of 23m, but only 400,000 are descended from the island's original inhabitants (the majority of the population is descended from mainland Chinese who have settled there over the past 400 years).
