charm offensive

The labor movement's charm offensive does seem to be working.

He and other cardinals have gone on a charm offensive with the news media.

Some time later, in a charm offensive, he bought her table drinks.

Another chance to detail his intriguing charm offensive was not.

Though I wouldn't exactly call it a 4-wheel charm offensive.

Many had gone on a charm offensive, and all but pushed pretty faces at him every time he appeared in public.

But that rejection has not stopped China from continuing its charm offensive.

Enlightened self-interest was at play in the university's new charm offensive.

This charm offensive will not likely make her more popular; she remains the single most hated person in the country.

Accordingly, China is spending billions of dollars on a charm offensive.

Now all that's needed is a baby with Sarkozy to complete the media charm offensive.

The agency's new charm offensive has had mixed results.

Was it a courtesy call or a charm offensive?

Nina tried to blunt the inevitable charm offensive she knew was coming.

This would put it at a disadvantage in the European energy market, hence the charm offensive.

They do their best, but if this is meant to be a charm offensive Cameron goes an odd way about it.

On the one hand, "they have been on a charm offensive in China," he said.

Now we have two ministers touring the capitals on what they call a charm offensive.

Beijing needs to try a strategy on Taiwan that it's never really tried before: a charm offensive.

During and after the 2005 election the Brethren launched what some have called a "charm offensive."

And his charm offensive is helping him smooth over some of the campaign's rough edges.

Mr. Blair did not limit his charm offensive to words.

The bank has also gone on a charm offensive, permitting its officials to speak more freely to reporters.

Nonetheless, it appears to have stung the entrepreneur into a charm offensive.

A spokesman called the proposal "a charm offensive" by the Speaker directed at the party's far right.