pizzazz

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Ken Jones pulls off Mr. Cellophane with pizzazz, and while his character felt unnoticed Jones certainly wasn't.

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  • He had loads of pizzazz, more than most men of any age. —  Meredith Blevins - [Szabo 01] - The Hummingbird Wizard
  • On the cosmic scale of values it had clout, pizzazz, and buying power. —  F ;SF; - vol 087 issue 01 - July 1994
  • He marveled at everything about her—the white rickrack she sewed along the hem and neckline of her dress to give it what she called pizzazz, her heart-shaped face, the hollow at the base of her throat, where he hung a heart-shaped locket. —  Lippman, Laura - [Tess Monaghan 03] - Butchers Hill
  • And when you look at what he has done this year … it's hard for the national media to give him credit because the pizzazz is not there. —  Blog updates
  • Pawlenty†™ s lackluster TV performances, coupled with Palin pizzazz, the primacy of oil drilling and the ticked off women / Hillary voters, does now portend a McCain / Palin checkmate on the Dems. —  Vegas Pop Blog
 

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