But charm was always rated higher than classic James Bond looks.

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Boehner made the classic political mistake of thinking that a display of reasonableness would charm the opposition and becalm the base with its rewards.

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He seems incapable of lending order to these recollections, constantly having to back up and start again, and that fumbling geekiness touches his account with an exasperating charm something of an antidote to the frictionless anecdotes of the classic seducer.

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