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2022年7月25日星期一

voluble, volubility, charisma, a brick of a mobster,

Paul Sorvino, Master of the Mild-Mannered Mobster, Dies at 83

A would-be singing star, he found success in Hollywood playing a variety of roles: often quiet, dangerous men, like Paulie Cicero in “Goodfellas.”

Paul Sorvino was a voluble man who excelled as a brick of a mobster, a critic writes.

Only a few years ago populist nationalists exercised voluble sway over the region’s politics. Now Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez is dead, Cristina Fernández is out of power in Argentina and Rafael Correa has opted not to run again in Ecuador

This could be because the view from outside was and is entirely different from the view from within. When Time magazine puts Wowereit on its cover, it shows that the man's charisma is capable of successfully selling the Berlin brand on a global scale.

(By Mary Jordan, The Washington Post) “Sarah,” Mr. Small said, slightly abashed. After she left he said proudly: “She has charisma. Thirty years ago, when my voice wasn’t that strong, I really did choose my friends in part for their volubility. All I wanted to do was sit in the corner and draw.”

voluble
adj.

Marked by a ready flow of speech; fluent.
1. Turning easily on an axis; rotating.
2. Botany. Twining or twisting: a voluble vine.

[Middle English, moving easily, from Old French, from Latin volūbilis, revolving, fluent, from volvere, to roll.]
volubility vol'u·bil'i·ty or vol'u·ble·ness n.
volubly vol'u·bly adv.

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