Date:    Mon, 23 Mar 1998 05:14:53 EST
<br>From:    Bapopik  Bapopik[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM 
<br>Subject: Charm City (Baltimore)
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<br>     In the March 15, 1998 AMERICAN WAY in-flight magazine, page 50 begins
<br>"Round the Clock In Baltimore:  The people you'll meet are as entertaining as
<br>the sights you'll see while racing the clock in Charm City."
<br>     Charm City?  Not Monumental City?
<br>     Well, we've done "the Big Apple" (New York), "the Windy City" (Chicago),
<br>"Beantown" (Boston), "Hotlanta" (Atlanta), and "Magic City" (Miami).  The
<br>sixth time's the charm.
<br>     In the AMERICAN THESAURUS OF SLANG, not a single city was a "Charm City."
<br>Even recent books I have on names (ALL THOSE WONDERFUL NAMES, for example)
<br>don't have "Charm City."  It's not in DARE, RHHDAS, OED.
<br>     Here goes:
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<br>1998 (Baltimore)--FINDING CHARM IN CHARM CITY:  AFFECTIONATE VIEWS OF
<br>BALTIMORE by Huguette D. May.
<br>1997 (Baltimore)--CHARM CITY by Laura Lippman.
<br>1997 (Baltimore)--BALTIMORE:  THE CHARM CITY by Dan Rodricks.
<br>1995 (Baltimore)--TOUR DU PORT, ROUTE HIGHLIGHTS: THE NITTY-GRITTY OF CHARM
<br>CITY.
<br>1993 (Milan)--MILANO:  A CITY AND ITS CHARM by Mario De Biasi.
<br>1993 (Fayetteville)--FAYETTEVILLE:  CITY OF HISTORIC CHARM AND MODERN PROGRESS
<br>by Lula B. MacKethan.
<br>1992 (Baltimore)--BALTIMORE'S GRAND INQUISITION:  1000 TRIVIA ABOUT CHARM CITY
<br>by Jerome Cohen (not to be confused with Gerald Cohen).
<br>1992 (San Antonio)--SAN ANTONIO:  A CITY OF BEAUTY AND CHARM.
<br>1991 (Cincinnati)--CINCINNATI:  THE CITY OF CHARM by Nick Clooney.
<br>1989 (Adelaide)--ADELAIDE:  CITY OF CHARM by Barbara Turney.
<br>1988 (De Pere, Wis.)--DE PERE, WISCONSIN:  THE CITY OF HISTORIC CHARM.
<br>1987 (Fremantle)--TRADITION AND CHARM:  THE PORT CITY OF FREMANTLE, WESTERN
<br>AUSTRALIA by John A. Maslin.
<br>1987 (Oxnard, Calif.)--ART, FESTIVALS & OLD TIME CHARM IN OXNARD by Kathleen
<br>A. Burris.
<br>1986 (Baltimore)--CHARM CITY SURVIVAL:  A GUIDE TO BALTIMORE FOR BUSY PARENTS
<br>AND PARENTS TO BE by Mary Cronin-Furman.
<br>1978 (Avon Park, Fla.)--AVON PARK:  CENTRAL FLORIDA'S CITY OF CHARM by Hal
<br>Schuler.
<br>1978 (Alpine, Tex.)--CITY OF ALPINE, WITH THE CHARM OF THE PAST AND THE
<br>PROMISE OF THE FUTURE, PRESENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 1978 PRE-
<br>APPLICATION.
<br>1978 (Charleston)--CHARLESTON, CITY OF CHARM:  A GUIDE TO AMERICA'S MOST
<br>HISTORIC CITY by Fred L. Bernstein.
<br>1973 (Charleston)--CHARLESTON:  CITY OF CHARM by Jack Leland.
<br>1967 (Montreal)--MONTREAL:  CITY OF CHARM.
<br>1967 (Bundaberg, Queensland)--100 YEARS YOUNG:  BUNDABERG, THE CITY OF CHARM
<br>1867-1967.
<br>1965 (Bundaberg, Queensland)--BUNDABERG:  CITY OF CHARM.
<br>1964 (Rotterdam)--ROTTERDAM:  CITY OF UNUSUAL CHARM.
<br>1962 (New Orleans)--CHARM CAPITAL OF THE WORLD by Pendleton Hogan.
<br>1962 (New Ulm, Minn.)--NEW ULM, MINNESOTA:  CITY OF CHARM, TRADITION, AND
<br>GROWTH.
<br>1961 (La Paz, Mexico)--LA PAZ:  CITY OF PEACE, CHARM AND FABULOUS FISHING by
<br>Pat Stein.
<br>1960 (Escondido)--ESCONDIDO AND VICINITY:  WELCOME TO ESCONDIDO, A CITY WHOSE
<br>CHARM IS SURPASSED ONLY BY ITS FRIENDLINESS.
<br>1959 (St. David's)--ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID'S CITY:  A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
<br>PEMBROKSHIRE VILLAGE OF ST. DAVID'S, THE LAST ROMAN STATION OF MENEVIA
<br>(STORIES FROM "THE LAND OF CHARM AND MAGIC") by Eric Freeman
<br>1953 (New Ulm, Minn.)--NEW ULM, MINNESOTA:  CITY OF CHARM, TRADITION, AND
<br>PROGRESS.
<br>1951 (New Orleans)--NEW ORLEANS FROM A TO Z:  QUESTIONS YOU'LL ASK ABOUT THIS
<br>CITY OF CHARM AND ITS FAMOUS FRENCH QUARTER by Ray M. Thompson.
<br>1947 (Dallas)--DALLAS:  THE CITY WITH THE CHARM OF YESTERDAY AND THE SPIRIT OF
<br>TOMORROW.
<br>1941 (New Ulm, Minn.)--NEW ULM, MINNESOTA:  CITY OF CHARM AND TRADITION.
<br>1940 (Mexico City)--ALONG THE ROADS OF ROMANCE LAND:  AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO
<br>SOME OF THE CHARM SPOTS IN AND AROUND MEXICO CITY WHICH CAN BE READILY REACHED
<br>BY THE MOTORIST.
<br>1937 (Annapolis)--COLONIAL ANNAPOLIS:  CITY OF CHARM by Oliver Martin.
<br>1932 (New Orleans)--NEW ORLEANS:  THE CITY OF PROGRESS, BEAUTY, CHARM AND
<br>ROMANCE.
<br>1931 (Bristol)--BRISTOL:  A CITY OF CHARM IN A BEAUTIFUL SETTING.
<br>1931 (Baltimore)--BALTIMORE:  STORIES ABOUT BALTIMORE WRITTEN BY PERSONS WHO
<br>HAVE SEEN THE CITY NOT AS A GROUP OF BUILDINGS OR AS AN AGGREGATION OF HUMAN
<br>BEINGS, BUT RATHER AS A VISION OF THE SOUL OF BALTIMORE--THE SPIRIT THAT BUILT
<br>ITS BUILDINGS, MADE ITS HOMES, CARRIES ON ITS COMMERCE AND EMBODIES THE CHARM
<br>OF ITS COLONIAL HOSPITALITY by the Baltimore Association of Commerce.
<br>1929 (New Orleans)--NEW ORLEANS:  CITY OF ROMANCE AND OLD WORLD CHARM.
<br>1928 (Charleston)--THE CHARM OF OLD CHARLESTON:  A NEW WORLD CITY OF OLD WORLD
<br>MEMORIES.
<br>1927 (Havana)--SOUVENIR OF HAVANA, CUBA:  THE CITY OF CHARM.
<br>1927 (New Orleans)--THE CHARM CITY by Kenneth L. Roberts.
<br>1923 (McComb, Miss.)--A GLIMPSE AT THE LAND WHERE THE MAGNOLIA BLOOMS:  BEING
<br>A DESCRIPTION OF THE RESOURCES AND ADVANTAGES OF SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI, THE
<br>OPPORTUNITIES AND POSSIBILITIES OF PIKE COUNTY, AND THE INDUSTRIALISM,
<br>IDEALISM AND CHARM OF THE CITY OF MCCOMB by Charles Elmer Foote.
<br>1921 (Monterey, Calif.)--MONTEREY, A HOME CITY "THE FAIREST AMONG TEN
<br>THOUSAND":  WONDERFUL BEAUTY, DELIGHTFUL CLIMATE, ROMANTIC HISTORY, ALLURING
<br>CHARM.
<br>1921 (Charleston)--CHARM OF CHARLESTON:  A CITY OF PERSONALITY AND REFINEMENT.
<br>1915 (Bloomington, Ill.)--BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS:  CHARM CITY OF THE CORN
<br>COUNTRY.
<br>1915 (Bombay)--THE CHARM OF BOMBAY:  AN ANTHOLOGY OF WRITINGS IN PRAISE OF THE
<br>FIRST CITY OF INDIA.
<br>1905 (Springfield, Mass.)--SPRINGFIELD PRESENT AND PROSPECTIVE:  THE CITY OF
<br>HOMES, THE SOURCE OF ITS CHARM, ITS ADVANTAGES, ACHIEVEMENTS, AND
<br>POSSIBILITIES, PORTRAYED IN WORD AND PICTURE by James Eaton Tower.
<br>
<br>      That's a lot of charm.  Where's the magic?
<br>      Cities _grow_ like "magic."  When they're _old_, they have "charm."
<br>      THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN QUOTATIONS has this on page
<br>87 for Baltimore:
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<br>The old charm, in truth, still survives in the town, despite the frantic
<br>efforts of the boosters and boomers.
<br>      --H. L. MENCKEN, _Prejudices: Fifth Series_, 1926.
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<br>     Aha!  Named by a member of the American Dialect Society!!!!
<br>     When visiting Charm City, go to Mencken's home.  He's still there (O.K.,
<br>an actor plays him), and he'll ask you if you're "university trained."
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