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...Its first incarnation opened in 1927 as one of the first luxury destinations in Vancouver, a young city out in Canada’s wild west....
...This newspaper once described him as “a large puppy in a pinstripe suit”....
...“There is disillusion and confusion when people realise the labels mean very little or do not measure what they want them to measure,” says Fabiola Schneider, an assistant finance professor at Dublin City...
...And that is the charm of Green Park — for some it is Verona, while for others it is Sedona. A place that is big and generous and full of whatever meaning the wanderer wishes to impose on it....
...That was the message from Hong Kong’s richest and most famous resident to protesters in his city last week....
...In the meantime, the company’s charm offensive includes public showcases and a free summer camp for children “interested in how cities work and grow”....
...He should have been strutting the stage at Santander’s strategy day — which is taking place just a few miles away in the City — having embarked on a “once in a lifetime” opportunity as the chief executive...
...Hide the cutest puppy you can find inside the box, close it and put the roof on (don’t forget air holes)....
...Many pieces were then emblazoned with images of the city’s many landmarks. As Hernandez said backstage: “what’s more American than that?”...
...First, is Sidewalk Toronto are clearly on the charm offensive over data collection, in the process coining a new phrase to add to the burgeoning tech-bro lexicon, “Privacy by Design”....
...Despite a prolonged charm offensive, its only success so far has been with Fiat Chrysler, some of whose minivans have been adapted for the Phoenix trial....
...So we add the corn and scallion hush puppies, a savoury fried dough dumpling with smoked chilli and lime aioli dipping sauce. “If you’re going catfish you can go hush puppy.”...
...Where is the design innovation that persuades us to tramp up and down the city’s choked streets to see at all these shows? What are we doing here?...
...Only Ruiz’s old surreal mischief – with its air, at least, of animatedness – lend moments of cuckoo charm....
...It is also likely to bring the curtain down on Beckham’s football career in the US, ending the star’s mission to popularise the sport in a country that has consistently proved resistant to its charms....
...“View Outside the North Gate of the Citadel” illustrates his ability to invest the simplest corner of town or country with charm and truth to nature: the brick and iron structures are carefully delineated...
...But while in Europe, his remit extended far beyond those cities – he was the reporter for pretty much everything in Europe, the Middle East or Asia....
...They want to get investment in …and they know what to do to implement the charm offensive,” said Roland Nash, head of research at Renaissance Capital, the Moscow investment bank....
...China’s highways become a metaphor for a whole country embracing modernity with little sense of road safety but infectious enthusiasm and charm....
...For 25 years, Jeff Koons has beguiled the public with flowering puppies, polychrome teddy bears and embalmed vacuum cleaners....
...Kristin Scott Thomas plays his godson’s mother, married to a self-destructive city wheeler-dealer (Damian Lewis)....
...America got its first glimpse of David Beckham on Friday when the star arrived in Los Angeles ahead of his mission to popularise football in a country that has, to date, been resistant to its charms....
...In the past few decades historic charm has given way to depressing dilapidation, with cracked pavements, dirty façades and rusting store signs....
...Not surprisingly, much of the European commentary regarding Beckham’s Stateside move has been condescending, portraying America as a country that remains immune to soccer’s charms....
...Lord Browne rated his protégé’s ability to think strategically and admired the seeming effortlessness with which he could charm a room....
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