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"talisman" Definitions
  1. an object that is thought to have magic powers and to bring good luck

343 Sentences With "talisman"

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If you're going through your list of items and realize there's a great talisman for your thief, you can't actually give him that talisman.
Talisman Cristiano Ronaldo has scored four times in two matches.
That's almost like a bit of a talisman for me.
Each actor was given an animal talisman based on his character.
It is my talisman, my big brag, my stalwart conversation starter.
Indeed, the book itself seems a talisman to ward off sickness.
Ward yourself from these dangers and more with the ultimate talisman: knowledge.
The "tape" has become a kind of talisman representing truth in politics.
Glenn Kessler's database of presidential untruths will become a reference, a talisman.
Earlier, I suggested "talisman" but that does not tell the whole story.
Carry a talisman, an object that brings you a measure of comfort.
In this terrifying fantasy, the phone becomes an indispensable talisman of safety.
The word originates from the French "mascotte," which means a talisman or charm.
It was like the talisman or something, like in Lord of the Rings.
He carried around a poem of hers in his wallet as a talisman.
"They feel like a talisman when I'm feeling sad and scared," she says.
Paul Blakeley, a former executive at Talisman Energy, is executive chairman of Mitra.
The little talisman kept around as a reminder of the bad old days.
However, he does not want to be held up as an inspirational talisman.
Wind Maps I-VII by Joseph Donahue (2018) is published by Talisman House.
Nancy, a mother of two, contributed a barrel-man, a talisman of home.
There was also the small matter of their team talisman, the imperious Zinedine Zidane.
In the Silicon Valley storybook, the stock option is a kind of magic talisman.
The driver hands her a flashlight like it's a talisman to ward off spirits.
Over the last two years it has morphed from regular football to magical talisman.
Barcelona were helpless to intervene and – for around €50m – their talisman moved to Madrid.
Perhaps the most literal example is our handwritten signature, a core talisman of identity.
Then drama occurs and they light up like a cursed talisman, practically glowing green.
That bunny was intended to be my talisman, a magical defender against my cancer.
You could charge the 1994 Talisman phone on the base that came with it.
" Talisman "A friend of mine passed it on to me after her father died.
Did you get to keep at least some little talisman for each one of them?
The field is run with Indonesia's state energy firm Pertamina and Talisman, part of Repsol.
Real talisman Cristiano Ronaldo failed to find the net against Villarreal but Zidane was unconcerned.
This year's iteration of Talisman Sabre featured a HIMARs rocket artillery raid and amphibious landing.
None of the survivors got his name, but a couple of them recalled his talisman.
Since 2017 it has been Minnesota's home run talisman, presented in front of the dugout.
But now I have a talisman—a piece of me that is perfect, lasting, and divine.
For a small fee, a Muslim religious figure known as a marabout will bless the talisman.
"Please do not take video of me!" she said, holding up her phone like a talisman.
Australia's talisman had been an antagonist to England before, but this took him to another level.
CURRENT PROJECT Ms. Haddad's debut Rock Star collection is an ode to jewelry's role as talisman.
It is a beloved talisman that I keep in my left hand pocket when I travel.
Abracadabra went on to be used as a talisman against many ailments well into the 17th century.
He seems unhappy except when visited by his brother and wholly uncomfortable with his status as talisman.
Second, I feel like it gives me a little extra protection—it's like a talisman for me.
Marines are currently conducting a nearly month-long large scale exercise in Australia known as Talisman Sabre.
Dalloway" as if it were a talisman, "evidence that women have souls even when they make mistakes.
Generally, actually wearing the evil eye as a talisman is thought to bring protection against its dangers.
Thus, despite a very aggressive investment strategy in wideouts, the Rams are still starting Fisher talisman Kenny Britt.
As soon as people see that little talisman, they react like Ashley and lose the power of speech.
Walter Scott's "The Talisman", in which a disguised Saladin heals an ailing Richard the Lionheart, is also bunk.
Others appear to have been placed above doorways as a token of luck, or a talisman against evil.
Despite their own talisman David Alaba struggling in a more defensive role, Koller praised his young player's performance.
Real Madrid made it despite losing its talisman, sacking its manager and somehow twice losing to CSKA Moscow.
Texas Tech prefers a talisman-free ritual with a subtle nod to its 2016 College World Series team.
I see now that these crystals could be a talisman for hope — hope for what we have now.
For many people, it's a talisman evoking powerful memories of family and childhood, so we take it seriously.
A giant inflatable lucky cat, the talisman of storefronts all over Asia, waved its paw by the fence.
I think he must have seen that a step further is putting a talisman in a garment like that.
Prayer, as any one knows who practices their faith sincerely, is not a superstitious talisman against suffering and death.
At PSG, in contrast, he will be the talisman of a team trying to rebound from a tough season.
Talisman Sabre ran for three weeks, with the US, Australian and Japanese troops conducting air, sea and land assaults.
The firm Talisman-Vietnam is said to have begun work in an area China already leased to another company.
She deduced that it was a talisman, something so precious that it was made to be handled and worn.
The mantra of "no collusion" has emerged for Mr. Trump and his team as a shield and a talisman.
It is framed by pavé diamonds in an octagonal shape similar to the fung shui talisman, the bat gua.
Justice Scalia's dissent, ignored at the time, has since emerged as a talisman for deflecting challenges to executive authority.
Every other year, the United States and Australia conduct military training operations together known as the Talisman Saber exercises.
The Talisman Sabre exercise, a biennial event between the two nations, involved more than 30,000 troops and 200 aircraft.
Braids, as strong as rope, are beautiful, and braids shield us — a talisman of order in a wild world.
"This book is a talisman, a guidebook for living," RuPaul, 57, explains of the book, which hits shelves in October.
Her head peers out from the center of the mosaic, a protective talisman offset by a shield of concentric circles.
FC Barcelona fans have long questioned what their club will do once its talisman Lionel Messi retires, or worse, leaves.
His club team mate Samuel Umtiti, however, believes that Argentina's talisman is different from the player he is for Barcelona.
Her business, The Eden Collective, is like a little shop of heirlooms where the horseshoe talisman is in high demand.
He accepts this new designation, as playoff talisman, even if he cannot explain it, beyond that he is having fun.
The 50-piece collection, called Riders of the Knights, also included several Le Talisman chains in sapphires, emeralds and diamonds.
The 50-piece collection, called Riders of the Knights, also included several Le Talisman chains in sapphires, emeralds and diamonds.
But whereas his forebears carried whiteness like an ancestral talisman, Trump cracked the glowing amulet open, releasing its eldritch energies.
He also held senior positions at Talisman Energy Inc, the Canadian exploration and production company that was acquired by Repsol SA in 2015, and helmed the role of a CFO at Equión Energía Ltd, a Colombian joint venture between Talisman Energy and Ecopetrol SA. Reporting by Shanima A in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber
Jonathan Talisman, former assistant secretary of tax policy at the Treasury Department, and Randolph Karl Herndon, former tax counsel to Sen.
As other factions of the court pursue him for a valuable talisman he carries, he encounters dragons, gods, sorcerers, and more.
For almost 30 years, Bikini Kill's music has been a talisman for people who have had their femininity held against them.
He hung his old scraper on the wall, part relic, part badge, part talisman, of his life as a manual laborer.
That devotion became the lifeblood of poems like "Legacy," in which each line is a talisman affording power to its reader.
"For me, it's like a talisman," said the designer Phillip Lim, who has collected turquoise jewelry since he was a teenager.
Emblematic of this dynamic is Trump Tower, the talisman of privilege that established Donald Trump as a player in New York.
The site of Talisman-Vietnam's operations is known as Block 136-03 in Vietnam and Wan-an Bei 21 in China.
The talisman was meant to create a shield against the "bad air" and fevers that seemed to be associated with swampy terrain.
The team is representing the city, the region and the people of Luhansk, at a time when they desperately need a talisman.
Talisman Christian Eriksen had given Denmark the lead before a Mile Jedinak penalty, awarded following VAR consultation, earned the Socceroos a point.
While Neymar is Brazil's talisman, his constant diving has seen him become the subject of widespread mockery, even from his own fans.
Then, the poor black and Latino men at the heart of the film would dress up in the talisman of Hollywood glamour.
Baldwin, dead since 1987 and an expatriate for many years before that, remains a talisman in the midst of American racial chaos.
She had no driver's license, apart from the long-expired North Carolina identification she held safe, like a talisman, in her wallet.
"I held onto Paul as a talisman, a guiding queer light in dark and serious times," she writes in her playwright's note.
Yet in its first decade, ordinary Indians transformed it into a talisman and a resource to advance claims to liberty and livelihood.
But when he went to the station, Mr. Matzneff had a talisman in his pocket: an article praising him by President François Mitterrand.
Halford had a jade necklace that he wore at all times, "like a talisman, to remind him to seize the day," Melanie says.
However, Galatasaray were also missing a talisman of their own as Colombian striker Radamel Falcao did not feature due to an ongoing injury.
He continues to be the talisman of the Armenia team and is their all-time top scorer with 25 goals from 70 games.
Try to snap a photo of the gentry with your smartphone, and they'll confusedly inquire about the alchemic properties of your curious talisman.
One of the most popular is a talisman called the khamsa (in Arabic) or hamsa (in Hebrew) that resembles an intricately carved hand.
Hail a cab and there he may be in a small gold frame dancing from the driver's rearview mirror, a talisman against accidents.
Oddly Herb had failed to mention a Talisman-related squabble he'd had with Dustin, or the hefty equine insurance policy he'd taken out.
The troops packed into amphibious assault vehicles to go ashore in Bowen, a coastal town in eastern Queensland, Australia, during Exercise Talisman Sabre.
Her time in Sausalito, California, is defined by Mount Tamalpais, a talisman for her, like Fuji for Hokusai or Sainte-Victoire for Cézanne.
For the second day running British captain Leon Smith elected to leave out talisman Andy Murray, the hero of the 2015 title campaign.
As other women did, Hotze pulled a small bottle of hand sanitizer from her purse, displaying it as if it were a talisman.
He decided to put it in his bag for this event to honor Casper, who loved the Masters, and also as a talisman.
The eggs, a sign of life in the Ukrainian culture, are usually decorated at springtime and were once considered a talisman against evil.
It's a portrait of his mother, a queen, and he wore it as if it were a combination of searchlight, shield and talisman.
Feast The Talisman restaurant in Karen, the neighborhood of Nairobi where Karen Blixen once lived, is a meeting ground for Kenya's who's who.
There's nothing like spreading out the Talisman board, breaking out some snacks, and digging in for a day of dungeon delving with friends.
Going into next month's World Cup finals, it is Ziyech who could prove the team's talisman if Morocco can overcome a difficult draw.
But it is just that, a talisman, no more effective at warding off imagined evils than a rabbit's foot or a security blanket.
She holds up her gun like a talisman, as though it will ward off the violence that will surely follow, and never, ever stop.
"My youngest daughter is 8 years old and she selected that as a talisman," cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov said during a pre-launch news conference.
" The brief adds, "Invocation of the words 'national security' is not a magic talisman that can ward off judicial scrutiny of unlawful government action.
The building itself curves, too, in a shape that its architects say resembles a ruyi—a traditional Chinese talisman (pictured is an artist's impression).
For indie music lovers, The Smiths were the only band that mattered for much of the 1980s—and Morrissey was their gladioli-twirling talisman.
Colombia had got off to a poor start and suffered a blow early on when playmaker and talisman James Rodriguez was forced off injured.
Many people believe crystals choose you—so getting spend-drunk at your local spirit shop is a fine way to choose your new talisman.
Jeff Green is cursed like a talisman is cursed, like a monkey's paw is cursed, like a fun, flirty, short summertime haircut is cursed.
Key players: Sadio Mane: The jet-heeled forward will be crucial to Senegal's World Cup hopes and will be his country's talisman in attack.
Over the next half-hour Sarai told us about Talisman, the fleet racehorse she'd been on the verge of selling for a sizable sum.
The database he compiles with his colleagues Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly, listing every one of Trump's untruths, will become a reference, a talisman.
In some cases the authors themselves chip in: For them, a cast album is a talisman of creative achievement, much like a hardcover book.
He offers a testament to the protective power of the talisman: "I haven't had any accident after driving in New York all these years."
The reality, which my stack of books served as talisman against, is that all of us eventually do cease, and babies are no exception.
Perhaps LintBron is Cleveland's lint talisman and his resurfacing will spark a fire in the city of burning rivers that will fuel another dramatic comeback.
A 21-year-old male was taking a box cutter to Moschel's inflatable Viking talisman, slicing its knee like big ole' 00 was Adrian Peterson.
She gave it that bold name so that each shoe acted as a "talisman of strength for myself and everyone who wears them," she says.
Last night his trainer had taken him back to his stable, and that was the last anyone had seen of him; no Talisman this morning.
He has even borrowed a sequence from the 19th-century choreographer Marius Petipa and hidden it away in the Fairy's choreography, like a balletic talisman.
"Sometimes people like to have a talisman, something with you that helps remind you of that person, and that they're not going anywhere," she says.
They'll kill you young, and anyone who holds them up as some fabled talisman of the American Work Ethic should be thrown into a tarpit.
However, manufacturing remained suspended at the Douai plant in northern France, where Renault builds pricier models including its Talisman sedan and Espace crossover, the company said.
You'll find no end of online debate about the supposed superiority of the original line up, in particular the aural talisman that is 2000's Dopethrone.
IFK Goteborg have former Celtic and Wigan man Thomas Rogne on their books, while Hammarby are captained by their talisman (and Football Manager legend) Kennedy Bakircioglu.
"I think there comes a point where you maybe try a little too hard," European talisman McIlroy told a news conference at Hazeltine National on Tuesday.
One of them is "the Pearl"—a sort of penis talisman I first heard of from Julia, a Spanish friend of mine who lives in Cuba.
David Perron, the ultimate talisman, played for both teams, and on Tuesday night he opened the scoring just 1:32 into Game 6 against San Jose.
That main character is neither Cara (Kristen Bush) nor Dan Cody — a passing figure in "The Great Gatsby" invoked here as a talisman of aspirational wealth.
The captain also scratched his daughter's initials — TDC, for Teresa Dawn Cernan — in the lunar dust, a talisman that might last eons on a lifeless world.
Herbert, a BP veteran and a long-time ally of chief executive Bob Dudley, rejoined BP in October 2013 after several years at rival Talisman Energy.
No wonder he became a talisman to the troops; in "Hacksaw Ridge," preparing for a renewed assault, they calmly delay until Doss has finished his prayers.
The United States will have to attack the morning without talisman Woods, however, who has elected to sit out the fourballs and lead from the sidelines.
Bauer, an armchair revolutionary whose talisman is an outsized cigarette lighter he claims to be a gift from Bertolt Brecht, hires Tomas to organize his papers.
It ended a woeful few days for reigning champions Croatia, who sacked captain Zeljko Krajan days before the finals and were without injured talisman Marin Cilic.
Mr. Tisci followed up repeatedly, most recently with a fall 2016 line replete with cosmological symbols, including that familiar Afrofuturist talisman, the Egyptian Eye of Horus.
Chances thereafter were rare and play was repeatedly broken with Denmark's defense resolute but their occasional attacks languid, and talisman Christian Eriksen missed a telling contribution.
To many older conservatives, the taegukgi is a talisman against communism, even though North Korea also used it for three years after the peninsula's division in 1945.
A previous attempt by Talisman Energy to restart the field, which was shut in 2001, failed in 2016 due to structural problems with its new production platform.
It is in the nature of sacred objects that one community's infinitely precious talisman can evoke a reaction of indifference or even deep distaste in another community.
The future of Cuper is more uncertain as Egypt underachieved after so much promise although they were hamstrung by the untimely shoulder injury to talisman Mohamed Salah.
Ballesteros, the Spanish talisman who died of brain cancer in 2011, inspired a generation of golfers in his country, winning the Green Jacket in 1980 and 1983.
Over the next 24 hours we'd uncover clues, meet with Talisman-related locals and desperately try to assemble the puzzle pieces — all while enjoying a genuine vacation.
Despite attacking relentlessly they could not find the net without talisman Lewandowski, who watched from the bench as |Ajax Amsterdam forward Arek Milik toiled alone up front.
The hand-drawn hanger on a protest sign becomes an actual hanger relentlessly severed, then reshaped, by the artist's fingers — as though carefully constructing some industrial talisman.
But it was a grey, mass-market paperback called "Hope and Help for Your Nerves," with a front-cover blurb from Ann Landers, that became my talisman.
As a result, however, it's almost as if the accessory has become a flag representing the current tensions and controversies besetting Washington; or perhaps a protective talisman.
A Chinese Navy spy ship was operating nearby while the operations, known as the Talisman Saber exercises, were underway in the Coral Sea, the Australian military said.
Il s'était bien rendu au commissariat, mais avec un talisman en poche : un article très élogieux à son égard, signé par François Mitterrand, le président à l'époque.
With Murray having undergone hip-resurfacing surgery in January in a bid to salvage his career, Smith was planning for the Madrid finals without the team's talisman.
After Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert won Saturday's doubles to keep the tie alive, Noah restored Pouille in a bid to take down Croatian talisman Cilic.
Around 25,000 Australian and U.S. military personnel on board battleships equipped with strike jets will over the next month participate in bi-annual Talisman Sabre war games.
But the white-on-blue saltire is the beloved talisman of Scotland's independence dream, and it may one day fly in Brussels as the banner of European Scotland.
Behrami, who kept Brazil talisman Neymar quiet on Sunday, will, however, have to assess his fitness after being replaced in the second half because of a groin issue.
Portugal overcame France 1-0 on Sunday after extra-time despite losing talisman Cristiano Ronaldo to injury 25 minutes into the match following a tackle by Dimitri Payet.
Working with concepts of courtship and affection in an increasingly less "social" era, a multimedia gallery show in Brookyln revolves around the classically, romantic talisman of a rose.
His Olivetti typewriter serves as a talisman in this movie (first shown at the Venice Film Festival in 2014), which is more of an essay than a biopic.
I am everybody's friend and nobody's friend — a talisman to check in with and then, with a smile, politely leave to head toward people who are more alive.
American home cooks might have gotten their first glimpse of that recipe in 1950, when the English translation of Ada Boni's "The Talisman Italian Cook Book," was published.
The exhibition, "Talisman in the Age of Difference," which runs through July 21, features works by artists mostly of African origin, ranging from rising talent to established players.
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Ryder Cup talisman Patrick Reed will keep his European Tour card next season despite failing to play the required number of events to retain membership.
The immediate future also looks bleak, as the team's new talisman, Porzingis, will miss the start of the season — and perhaps much more time — because of an injury.
Much of their new album, "Oczy Mlody" (a phrase Mr. Coyne chose from a Polish-language paperback he bought, which turned into a talisman), is gentle but disturbing.
England were the better side without looking too dangerous but were then gifted the lead when Carlos Sanchez hauled down England's captain and talisman Kane once too often.
Dreamcatcher exists on a fascinating intersection of bad Stephen King, 90s lunacy, and 2000s militancy, strung together in an ill-shaped talisman only useful for catching the strangest dreams.
Repsol said it had identified extra cost savings linked to the integration of Canadian oil company Talisman whose purchase it finalised last year, amounting to $400 million per year.
Then, of course, there's Miuccia Prada's Talisman collection, a unisex jewelry line featuring animals from the fearsome (bears, lions) to the whimsical (birds, monkeys), raw crystals, and mismatched shells.
T=14. Alexis Sanchez — £16 million: The talisman of Arsenal's side for several years, Chilean winger Sanchez derives most of his wealth from a huge sponsorship deal with Nike.
His first pick, Neil Gorsuch, is already a talisman for conservatives, and Trump will aim to manage the debut of his next nominee to assure a clean confirmation process.
I thought the big talisman for being on 'SNL' was the job of saying 'Ladies and Gentlemen, Sade.' which is actually written on a cue card, by the way.
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain's Supreme Court will consider Barcelona talisman Lionel Messi's appeal against a 21-month prison sentence for tax fraud on April 20, a court spokesperson said on Friday.
In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, RuPaul reveals the cover of his upcoming book, GuRu by RuPaul, and explains that he wants it to serve as a "talisman" for readers.
Joe Biden, under attack from all sides in the debate for his border policies when he was in the White House, turned to his reliable talisman, former President Barack Obama.
The arrival of Williams, the league's foremost talisman, followed by a trade the next day for the rugged top-line right wing T. J. Oshie, supported and complemented Washington's core.
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's talisman Rafael Nadal sealed a sixth Davis Cup title for his country on Sunday when they beat Canada 212-0003 in the final of the revamped event.
Without their injured talisman Marin Cilic and with the team in upheaval after captain Zeljko Krajan was axed two days before their opening tie they drubbed 24-26 by Russia.
"We've changed somewhat but quite honestly, it's been a very slow, lethargic, lugubrious project," says Mason, who will direct Tennessee Williams' Talisman Roses at the Williams Festival in Provincetown this fall.
He flees into the desert with his daughter Ana to keep her safe, along with a valuable magical talisman that he hopes will buy him safety away from his former master.
Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois made a number of fine saves and needed every inch of his nearly-two meter frame to deny Brazil's talisman Neymar with a glove in the dying minutes.
Attacking talisman Sadio Mane carries the goalscoring and creative burden for Senegal and heads to the World Cup in good form having helped to fire Liverpool into the Champions League final.
Kenny, who along with Callum Skinner and Philip Hindes, got the wheels turning on Thursday with a surprise win over New Zealand in the team sprint, has become the team's talisman.
Six companies have qualified for bidding: Canada-based Parex Resources Inc, Gran Tierra Energy Inc, Chinese CNOOC's unit Nexen Petroleum, Colombia's Hocol, Repsol's Talisman Energy, and U.S.-based Noble Energy Inc .
When Claude complained to Brancusi that he threw too many cigarette butts on her floor, he gifted her with a metal bowl he made, which became a kind of Ronsin talisman.
It's also the title of a book-length poem by William Carlos Williams (one of several famous Paterson poets) that serves as a talisman for both the protagonist and his creator.
The US and Australia recently completed their biennial Talisman Sabre exercises in northern Australia, which this year also included a bulked-up Japan Self-Defense Force contingent performing two amphibious landings.
Wales, too, will not just be making up the numbers if talisman Gareth Bale, who has led them to their first finals since the 1958 World Cup, is fit and firing.
A quetzal bird in brilliant green hues is perched on six of the portraits, its meaning manifold: a protective talisman and the national bird of Guatemala, from where those children hailed.
To summon his magical armor and sword, the Trollhunter calls upon a mystical golden talisman, which serves as both a source of his power and a symbol of his high office.
As directed by Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman, Mr. Babbitt's story is told by his brother Bill, who had to decide whether to cover for his brother or turn him in.
The same official said that the US had observed similar Chinese vessels in recent days sailing off the coast of Guam and shadowing a joint US-Australia military exercise named Talisman Sabre.
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Lionel Messi will be out of action for three weeks after the Barcelona talisman suffered a groin injury in Wednesday's 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid, the Spanish champions said.
For others, they've become a kind of talisman, to be worn at pivotal moments, good and bad (the Alabama special Senate election in December was a popular occasion for digging them out).
Mr. Moss developed a rash on his hands from the Glass Plus-soaked paper towel he carried like a talisman (he was proud to receive a "customer loyalty letter" from that company).
After settling on Jorge Sampaoli, the Argentine coach who won the Copa America with Chile in 2015, they have yet to find their groove despite having talisman Lionel Messi to call on.
"Faces Places" is unforgettable, not because of dramatic moments or arresting images, but because once you have seen it you want to keep it with you, like a talisman or a souvenir.
La prière's display in Marrakech also fits within the artist's overall visual language, whether it is its use of water ("Talisman," 1995), or evocation of a lush garden ("Gardens of Paradise," 1998).
Mr. Cohran played the "Frankiphone" — an amplified kalimba, or African thumb piano, which Mr. White later brought into mainstream use with Earth, Wind & Fire, making it a kind of talisman for the band.
"It dawned on me that it might be really interesting if there were some objects that have a kind of almost talisman-like or magical set of properties for her character," Shaw adds.
Designed to be carried by the owner like a magical talisman or worn like the dioramas of old-fashioned watches is the amulet endearingly entitled "Jack the Ripper," depicting the murderer in-action.
CORUNA, Spain (Reuters) - Barcelona were crowned La Liga champions for the 25th time after beating Deportivo La Coruna 4-2 on Sunday with the help of a hat-trick from talisman Lionel Messi.
Repsol said net debt, which jumped after the acquisition of Talisman Energy, was 11.978 billion euros at the end of the quarter, stable from 11.934 billion euros at the end of last year.
The Corps kicked off a portion of the Talisman Sabre exercise in Australia around mid-July where Marines, Army and Australian forces carried out a HIMARS rocket artillery raid and captured an airfield.
Johnson resigned from the cabinet last month in protest at May's Brexit plan, setting himself up as a talisman for the many Conservatives who want a more radical departure from the European Union.
When it comes to housing, traditionally a talisman of adulthood and maturity and independence, and often one of the largest expenses for individuals and families, looking to the overall inflation rate is misleading.
In his mind, the letter is a talisman: it has properties that extend from its having been touched by her hand, and from her anger when she heard his stories of police harassment.
Those growing pains of the young democracy have left Spain — whose mesmerizing transition became a talisman of European progress in the late 20th century — an emblem of the Continent's disarray in the 20113st.
Frazier was mired in a slump, and since his new roommates were thriving at the plate, he figured living among the bottles of embalming fluid and caskets might prove to be a talisman.
As a talisman, it is easily exploited by political opportunists who exaggerate its vulnerability and propose outlandish schemes to protect it, while deflecting more sober deliberations about how best to advance U.S. interests.
Norwegian authorities approved the 22019 billion crown ($21 million) redevelopment plan for the Yme field in 29.2550 after an earlier attempt by Canada's Talisman Energy, which was acquired by Repsol in 2015, failed.
It's another rare visitant — it last left home at Amherst College in 1986 — and it's almost a shock to see how small it is: pocket-size, like a holy card or a talisman.
Most of the speculation about the political impact of a recession has rightly focused on Donald Trump, who has, over the course of his presidency, clung to the roaring economy like a talisman.
The intimacy of the relationship between the artist and his lost loved ones becomes even more potent, as it is the names of his parents that become the very talisman that protect him.
LIMA (Reuters) - With all-time top scorer Paolo Guerrero suspended for doping, Peru are desperate for a new talisman to lead them at the World Cup — and the fans have turned to Jefferson Farfan.
With 44 goals and 16 assists in all competitions for Liverpool this season, Salah is Egypt's talisman and most potent weapon, scoring five of his country's eight goals in the final round of qualifiers.
"I think the idea was to try and use Fadzayi as a 'talisman project,' to see if she could be the one who inspires a bigger generation of independents to come out," he said.
They have continued that rampant form in their warm-up games and forwards Willian, Roberto Firmino, Gabriel Jesus, Philippe Coutinho and talisman Neymar all looked in good shape in wins over Croatia and Austria.
Even the left has shown hints of skepticism, especially after their frenetic talisman endorsed Clinton in the tense weeks before she formally accepted the nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia last summer.
Europe's talisman Rory McIlroy may have landed Tour Championship and FedExCup series honors in Atlanta on Sunday but North believes his fellow countryman is as good as anyone in the game at the moment.
TOKYO (Reuters) - In a Japanese team short of a real talisman, new coach Akira Nishino will be hoping Shinji Kagawa can provide much-needed sparkle to an otherwise efficient if unexciting World Cup squad.
That started to change after Talisman Energy, the Canadian oil and gas explorer, gave the fledgling company a chance on one of its offshore sites in 2012, leading to significant time and cost savings.
In July, its subsidiary Talisman-Vietnam was ordered by Hanoi to stop gas drilling in a China-claimed area after Beijing warned the Southeast Asian country that it would attack bases if operations continued.
The Magic Wand, one of the most iconic vibrators, was initially marketed as a general "body massager" for sore muscles before it became a talisman for the sex-positive feminist movement of the 2018s.
And during those notably edgy moments in late January, I'd hold onto it tight, like a security blanket, or just want it nearby, so that I could occasionally tap on it like a talisman.
Norwegian authorities approved a new 2700 billion crown ($22019 million) redevelopment plan for the Yme field in 10083 after an earlier attempt by Canada's Talisman Energy, which was acquired by Repsol in 21008, failed.
The Bloodprint by Ausma Zehanat Khan In this debut novel from Ausma Zehanat Khan, an evil force known as the Talisman rules over the world, led by a man known as the One-Eyed Preacher.
They've been fighting against the Talisman for years, and uncover something that they might be able to use as a weapon against it: the Bloodprint, a text that the One-Eyed Preacher tried to eradicate.
The speculation has taken the spotlight away from the return to the World Cup arena of Uruguay's own talisman, Luis Suarez, whose two previous appearances at the finals have ensured him a legacy of folly.
"The fact that US Marines, the Australian Army and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force conducted an amphibious combined joint forcible entry into the same objective area here during Talisman Sabre cannot be [overstated]," he said.
So, while the true story may never be known, Jones believes the war environment, the existence of the nails and the placement of the bottle make it likely the bottle was used as a talisman.
The inaccurate election map "has been a talisman [for Trump] since soon after [then-Attorney General Jeff] Sessions recused from the Russia probe," New York Times White House reporter Maggie Haberman tweeted after the event.
Lucky charms: lucky seashell, socks, a talisman that's been prayed over Having Jupiter in the sentimental water sign Pisces suggests you're the kind of sensitive soul who's adept at teaching others how to be more compassionate.
Argentina, who had Messi suspended before the Bolivia game, could be without their talisman in Uruguay and at home to Peru and Venezuela later this year unless they manage to get the ban reduced on appeal.
Wayne Hennessey saved superbly from Yannick Carrasco before efforts from Thomas Meunier and Eden Hazard were blocked by lunging defenders as Wales, looking to talisman Bale for an outlet, sought to stem the early Belgian tide.
Accounting for 63 percent of total new registrations, Europe accounted for the bulk of Renault's sales in the quarter, helped by the recent launches of the Espace minivan, the Kadjar crossover and the Talisman saloon car.
LONDON (Reuters) - The Dutch speed skating team at the Winter Olympics in South Korea is hoping their talisman Sven Kramer can complete his dominance of the longer distances with an elusive gold in the 10,000 meters.
Nostalgia certainly played a role in the way London's fabric nightclub used a modified smiley as a talisman in its fight to continue business after it lost its license and subsequently shut down in the fall.
"Ctrl" emerged as one of the year's most critically acclaimed albums and became a talisman for young women, particularly young women of color, who saw themselves in its unflinching parables of sexual liberation and emotional liability.
Her presence is unexplained, though she seems to serve as a visual anchor or talisman for the director, who has a way of gently destabilizing your ideas about documentary, narrative conventions and even his own work.
Basilides was also the founder of a Christian sect that incorporated the teachings of the philosopher Pythagoras, known for his work in the mathematics of triangles, which could help explain the triangular shape of the Serenus' talisman.
Just 23 seconds after Dohmen scored, however, the Netherlands cut the lead as talisman Mink van der Weerden scored his ninth penalty corner goal of the Olympics to keep his side in the game heading into halftime.
I know cheap beans can't save anyone from true financial crisis, but to this day they're my financial safety valve after a month of overzealous spending, and a talisman in the face of a looming lean month.
"Michael Jackson and Bubbles" (1988), Jeff Koons's white-and-gold porcelain sculpture of the man and his chimpanzee, is possibly the most recognisable artwork of the musician; the show describes it as a "talisman for other artists".
With Real Madrid's Casemiro an automatic choice to anchor the team and Neymar still the undisputed talisman, the side is settled and there are no major disagreements over the first 11 for the first time in years.
The charismatic midfielder, who has won four Champions League titles with Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, had long been criticized for not succeeding 2014 World Cup winners Philipp Lahm and Bastian Schweinsteiger as the national team's talisman.
Anna Enshoo 698 Emerson St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 If not, you can roll it up and carry it around like a talisman, bury it in one of your houseplants, or add it to a sacred space.
And even so-called "codes of conduct," those legalese-adjacent blocks of text that tout a company's dedication to ethical labor practices, are rarely the talisman against supply-chain impropriety that brands make them out to be.
Along the way, it became an edgy trend among teens and young people, a talisman for Gen Z-ers to share with recovering smokers, marijuana enthusiasts and anyone else looking for a different way of lighting up.
With its gorgeous gold-embossed cover, funky pattern-on-pattern Victoriana-style artwork and charming paper engineering, it's a book with the feel of a talisman — one that will seduce kids and their design snob grown-ups.
Repsol had focused on cost and debt reduction since paying a hefty premium to buy Canadian producer Talisman for $22015 billion in 22.5, just as a plummeting oil price forced companies across the sector to tighten their belts.
So, I've opted to hate Davidson, to make him my mortal enemy, to stare into a swirling, stormy night sky and brood about revenge, mumbling sinister curses into the wind and placing an omen on my family talisman.
The Colombia talisman, who won the golden boot in Brazil four years ago, has been troubled by muscle fatigue and the onus will be on all-time leading scorer Radamel Falcao to lead the Cafeteros in his absence.
Though their talisman, Luis Suarez, had departed at the beginning of the season, Liverpool were still a tough proposition and desperate for revenge against Chelsea, with the Blues having scuppered their title challenge at Anfield the season before.
It marks a first rugby deal for Alisports, which was established last year and has already inked deals with European soccer giants Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, NBA basketball talisman Kobe Bryant and American football body, the NFL.
This depiction of an eye resembles an "evil eye," considered by various cultures to be a talisman that wards off evil spirits, and implies a symbolic vision, or a Surrealist "inner vision," and a rejection of rational, visible reality.
A little boy lands a nifty talisman that brings him luck in even the most unlikely of situations, but in the end gives it up to a homeless man (Santa?) who's more down on his luck than he is.
DORTMUND, Germany (Reuters) - Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane denied on Monday there was a rift between him and Cristiano Ronaldo after the team's talisman appeared to react angrily to being substituted in Saturday's 2-2 draw at Las Palmas.
KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - Spain captain Sergio Ramos has responded to a putdown from Argentina great Diego Maradona by making an unlikely declaration of admiration for Lionel Messi, his usual enemy as the talisman of Real Madrid's arch-rivals Barcelona.
Before joining Talisman, Herbert spent six years at TNK-BP in Russia as vice-president for exploration and then technology, serving under Dudley, who was then the chief executive of the venture between BP and several Russian-born oligarchs.
I looked for a word for talisman, or some protective juju, but this entry refers to a system that will scrub all the profanity you're hurling at Mr. Trabucco for using an odd (but accepted) term like BLEEP CENSOR.
Because they were often illiterate and couldn't write their names, they would leave their baby with some kind of identifying talisman — a hazelnut shell, a key, a splinter of bone — in hopes of coming back to reclaim them someday.
Her recent inclusion in the traveling exhibition "The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now," has changed that, and in her New York solo debut at Bridget Donahue, "Sound Talisman," Ms. Alvarado is a painting star.
KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - Despite trying everything in the book, Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli said he was unable to bring out the best in talisman Lionel Messi whose last chance for World Cup glory almost certainly ended with Saturday's defeat to France.
Senegal's preparations began with a limp stalemate away to Luxembourg although talisman Sadio Mane sat out the game, having only joined the squad this week after the Champions League final where he scored for Liverpool in their loss to Real Madrid.
After a year of experimention since taking over that has left the former champions embarrassed in the run-in, Sampaoli also announced on Friday that he had chosen Sergio Aguero over Gonzalo Higuain to play in front of talisman Lionel Messi.
Portugal's talisman Ronaldo was unable to convert a string of chances in the game, including a missed penalty, and Koller said the point his team had gained was in large part down to his attacking players taking on more defensive responsibility.
There was Lady Astoria ("everything successful") off Gold Street; Lady Zaretta ("Brooklyn's greatest"); Melba the Mental Scientist ("whom to trust in business"); King Osman ("Lucky Talisman Free"); Countess Habelu ("Gypsy fortuneteller"); or, if you like, the mighty Magno ("ladies only").
In his previous Ryder Cups he has bagged 12 points for the Europeans, including three on his debut in 2008 when he beat home talisman Phil Mickelson in the Sunday singles at Valhalla, albeit eventually ending on the losing side.
But although the item's description specifically said a trapper could turn it into a talisman, the trapper seemed to be able to do no such thing Did I need to park my horse closer and hail him with it nearby?
The individual quality of their key players was backed up by solid wing back play and an understated, yet highly effective, turn in midfield by Marcelo Brozovic, brought in to use his speed to restrict space for Argentina's talisman Lionel Messi.
He is a true talisman, a symbol of victory, a reminder that dressing up in a costume and banging a drum need not be the preserve of the unhappy Stomp extra, but actually the manifestation of the highest human dream.
The scene paints Beverly's sexuality as something mystical, bestowed upon each of the boys as a coming-of-age talisman — even though she's the group's only girl, King frames the scene primarily as a gift from her to each of them.
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona failed to capitalize on Real Madrid dropping points against Villarreal as the La Liga champions were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Atletico Madrid on Wednesday, while talisman Lionel Messi limped off with a groin injury.
By virtue of her gender, Clinton has already ticked the box of having someone on the ticket who can serve as a talisman for women voters as Democrats try to ride a wide gender gap to a third consecutive White House term.
Despite the playful technical effects in the works, there is a bathos to this suite of paintings: an eerie groping through the netherworld of painting in which the liquor bottle feels like an emblem or a dissipated talisman of the medium itself.
KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - After stumbling in their opening World Cup defeat by Japan, Colombia were back to their salsa-dancing best on Sunday with a 3-0 rout of Poland after talisman James Rodriguez made a stunning return to the starting lineup.
"There are plenty of positives to take into Paris in two years' time," said McIlroy who lost a titanic battle with U.S. talisman Patrick Reed in the singles as the Americans ended a run of three straight defeats in the biennial team event.
She secretly carried a handwritten snippet of Bach's music to a concentration camp as a talisman, performed slave labor for the Germans in Hamburg, returned home with her hands too enfeebled to strike a keyboard, and survived renewed anti-Semitism in Communist Czechoslovakia.
Mr. Vakarchuk keeps in his office two pianos, a poster of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, some gifts of children's drawings and a tiny cloth doll known as a motanka, of a type Ukrainian soldiers carry as a talisman at the front.
For Mr. Coates, whiteness is a "talisman," an "amulet" of "eldritch energies" that explains all injustice; for the abysmal early-20th-century Italian fascist and racist icon Julius Evola, it was a "meta-biological force," a collective mind-spirit that justifies all inequality.
More than 33,000 U.S. and Australian military personnel, including the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Force, participated in the recent Talisman Saber joint military exercise in Australia which ended on July 25, according to a statement from the U.S. Army Public Affairs Office.
Its creations include Geo-Art Oto earrings, which arrange emeralds, sapphires and diamonds in a yellow-gold form that references Cubism and abstract art; and the more romantic Talisman Constellation 8 ring, setting an architectural medley of diamonds atop a yellow gold band.
Talisman-Vietnam, a subsidiary of Spanish energy firm Repsol, commenced gas-drilling operations in an area about 400 kilometers off Vietnam's coast earlier this month, but Hanoi has since ordered Repsol to leave the zone, the BBC said, citing an unnamed source.
The relationship between the clearly handmade ceramic object, which serves as a kind of talisman, the industrial-looking Rs, and the schematically painted eyes amounts to a kind of splintered self-portrait that implicates the viewer as well, with its triple gaze.
It would look something like this:Image: WikipediaSerenus then instructed the afflicted to bind the paper, wrap it in linen and wear it as a talisman around the neck for nine days, after which they should fling it over the shoulder into a river running eastward.
Gabriel Jesus headed in the winner in the 37th minute as Brazil, beaten just once under coach Tite and missing injured talisman Neymar, beat a second-string German team to restore some pride after their 7-1 loss to the Europeans four years ago.
Taylor's wild challenge came two minutes after a booking for Wales talisman Gareth Bale meant both men will now miss the key qualifier against Serbia, who top the group on 11 points, ahead of Ireland on goal difference and four points clear of Wales.
Phantom Thread's other big metaphor is fashion itself: the tightly stitched, meticulously crafted clothing, the messages sewn into seams like a talisman against evil, and the way that fashion has, for most of Reynolds's life, been an obsession that keeps him locked inside himself.
He recites the full mission statement of The Met at the drop of a hat, so quickly that it seems a talisman rather than a mere collection of words, because he says he is always thinking about the statement and how to best serve it.
And his occasional nods to religious faith — like, say, his promise to make store clerks say "Merry Christmas" instead of "Happy Holidays" — are well tailored for voters for whom Christian identity is still a talisman even when an active faith is all but gone.
That request coincided with China's realization that Ms. Liu, a talisman of international human rights groups, had become a liability just as China's image was taking a battering in the United States and Europe over what are considered predatory economic policies and increasingly authoritarian rule.
He wore a long chain around his neck and the things that hung on it were: his late father's wedding ring, a cooking talisman that he wore in "Burnt," Jackson's ring and a little flower that his partner, the Russian supermodel Irina Shayk, gave him.
The baseball team featured a Hollywood-worthy cast: a talisman-worshiping son of a onetime trapeze artist; a bench warmer who subsisted on bananas and doughnuts; and a 155-pound pitcher named for both a founding father and a Confederate president — Thomas Jefferson Davis Bridges.
But when he bought a deeply pigmented oval emerald and had it mounted on a simple hammered gold band, he had no idea that the ring would become something of a talisman through founding successful businesses with friends and surviving a bout with testicular cancer.
Britain again left out their talisman Andy Murray but his replacement Kyle Edmund stepped up to beat Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 7-5 before Dan Evans, cheered on by several hundred traveling fans, beat Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6(6) 3-63 7-6(2).
Two hours earlier, there had been very different tears after he had been taken out of the game on a stretcher, just 25 minutes into the final at the Stade de France, his night over and his team left to fight on without their talisman.
Late understudy Sam Querrey had rewarded captain Jim Courier's gamble by taking the tie into a decider in the fourth rubber, battling back from the brink of two sets down to beat home talisman Marin Cilic 6-7(2) 211-240(21) 230-237 26-613.
"Or, if you're of a Catholic bent, you might call upon Our Mother of Good Remedy while the candle burns down," Miller says, adding that you should also create a fun talisman with symbols associated with Jupiter and Venus, and take it with you to job interviews.
She carved a symbol that some women thought represented the four elements or the seven chakras or a horizontal bar with the Greek letters "alpha" and "mu," but if you squinted and looked again, contained within them a different talisman: a K and an R — Raniere's initials.
Almost from the moment Salah trudged down the tunnel, heartbroken, however, it was clear something was different: whether Liverpool's confidence had been sapped by the departure of its record-breaking talisman, or whether Real suddenly felt liberated by his absence, or both, is hard to say.
But Mr. Kopko also noticed another theme: The awards and the accompanying ceremonies can often be used as something of a talisman when a president is facing controversy or political tumult — Mr. Nixon, for example, continued presenting the award up to a month before he resigned in 1974.
Except, of course, she has tattooed representations of some of her philosophies in talisman symbols all over her body (like the labyrinth on her forearm) that serve as reminders of all she's been through in this life and lives past (cue the female-led Memento sequel set in space).
An approach that risked turning off a few readers might have taken us closer to the heart of the photographic paradox that Arbus so intensely lived, a relation with reality of approach and avoidance, inventory and alienation, mediated always by that heavy talisman she wore around her neck.
US, Australian, and Japanese forces gathered in Australia this month for Talisman Sabre, a US Marines, Australian soldiers and Japan's brand-new amphibious force carried out a mock beach raid this week, giving a glimpse into how the three countries could unite to defend contested islands in the Pacific.
"Peep's philosophies are no more profound than a great Instagram caption, and he can come off as a bit of an indignant kid, but it's easy to see why a new class of spitfires are using him as a talisman for their anxieties," Sheldon Pearce wrote for Pitchfork.
The crisis aboard the Roosevelt played out like a slow-moving disaster and highlights the dangers to the Pentagon if the coronavirus manages to infiltrate some of its most important assets, such as bomber fleets, elite Special Operations units and the talisman of American military power, aircraft carriers.
Having a pack of ginger gum in my bag has become a talisman against this sort of spiraling; there's a sort of Pavlovian placebo effect at play, and I start to feel better the second I hear the tiny pop of my fingernail's puncturing the foil-topped gum compartment.
From the Texas guitarist T-Bone Walker, Mr. Berry picked up a technique of bending two strings at once that he would rough up and turn into a rock 'n' roll talisman, the Chuck Berry lick, which would in turn be emulated by the Rolling Stones and countless others.
It has a great journey: a van ride with fellow founders from Britain to Santorini, during which Mr. Walzer read John Steinbeck's "East of Eden," the tattered copy of which is kept in the back like a talisman near a signed, plastic-wrapped galley of "Infinite Jest," by David Foster Wallace.
The Black Khan by Ausma Zehanat Khan In the first installment of Ausma Zehanat Khan's epic fantasy Khorasan Archives quartet, a group called the Companions of Hira fought — and failed — to acquire an artifact called the Bloodprint, which might have helped them overthrow the Talisman, a brutal, patriarchal ruling body.
But while these attacks seem designed to disrespect and offend Muslims, a few of the recent incidents suggest some in the West now view pork as not just a good insult, but an almost magical talisman that will somehow ward off scary Muslims who fear any contact with the stuff.
Wearing the rattlesnake belt during my book tour made me feel like I had a talisman from him that could protect me in situations that were not natural or comfortable, like being marched into the public eye with work that is produced through total privacy without any public in mind.
And many of these works achieve this goal, like the Bitcoin/Blockchain Founder Myth "Dreambox" Gamer Custom Case Kit series, the shadowbox-like shrines to the illusive figures surrounding the emergence of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, with their strange talisman tokens preserved in plexiglass boxes like cherished action figures or playing cards.
Coach Hector Cuper decided not to risk his talisman despite telling reporters on Thursday that Salah had responded well to treatment on the shoulder injury he sustained in the Champions League final last month and was nearly 100 percent certain to play in Egypt's first appearance at the finals for 28 years.
In a strange turnaround, the people in Quebec keenest on preserving Christian symbols like prominent crosses may turn out to be non-religious cultural nationalists, Meanwhile, some of those few whose remain devout are uncomfortable about the cross, ultimately a symbol of self-sacrifice, being used as a talisman of lingering cultural power.
Speaking to Zane Lowe for Beats 1, Homme revealed that, very much like mums the world over, he too loves "Uptown Funk," stating that one reason for the band's choice of Ronson for Villains so that it would "was to act like a talisman as a reminder of listening to "Uptown Funk.
As she worked her way last week through a crowd of ranchers gathered for a cattle auction in Mississippi's Pine Belt, Ms. Hyde-Smith, 59, traded handshakes for a slim flier featuring a thumbs-up snapshot with the president and a blown-up copy of a must-have Republican talisman, a presidential endorsement tweet.
The book became, for Shamyla, both a talisman and a book of instruction: it offered an image of freedom, in the wilfulness and creativity of its central heroine, Jo. It offered too a model of how Shamyla might be made to survive in conservative Pakistani society, by marrying and behaving as a "proper" woman should.
But regardless of what social code is expressed, the pieces' significant symbolic essence is also part and parcel with the lavish amount of time and patience encoded into each object, as we see in the complex geometric shapes of the multicolored piece from Grande Kabylie, Algeria, "Collier orné d'une boîte à talisman herz" (20th century).
At least half a dozen senior management staff at oil and gas companies, including Lafferrandre, Paul Blakeley who spent more than 20 years at Repsol-owned Talisman Energy Inc and Geoff Freer, who was with Mubadala Petroleum, are also looking to raise funds to invest in the energy space in the region, according to their LinkedIn profiles.
A referendum that was foretold the moment he was traded and forced to play in the twin shadows of Westbrook—the haunted talisman who has possessed the entire Thunder franchise from its inception—and Kevin Durant, the team's previous star wing who left OKC behind to pair with a team whose approach is affixed towards a communal future.
Vladimir, the frustrated Crimean, joins a pro-Russian brigade, stuffs his mind with outlandish conspiracy theories (one is that the Queen of England has a stone made by Jews under her throne, which is what makes her so powerful), and shows Walker his new "talisman": a chrome pistol engraved with a thank-you message to Vladimir from the Russian Defense Minister.
Denmark left it late to book its place at Euro 2020 — a 1-1 draw with closest rivals the Republic of Ireland in the last round of fixtures being just enough to secure second place in Group D.Star player in qualifying: Midfielder Christian Eriksen as usual proved to be his country's talisman, hitting five goals to top the group's scoring charts. 
A talisman can be made out of anything, as Frank O'Hara makes clear in the opening lines of "Personal Poem:"  Now when I walk around at lunchtime I have only two charms in my pocket an old Roman coin Mike Kanemitsu gave me and a bolt-head that broke off a packing case… O'Hara believed these "two charms" helped protect him.
The Ready Player One adaptation widens the story to encompass anyone who has a fantasy they'd want to play out in an escapist world, and while it turns its hero into a bland audience avatar, at least he's no longer a preening jackass who thinks his knowledge of Earthworld's Talisman of Penultimate Truth makes him objectively superior to someone who hasn't heard of it.
Nine years, three bad losses, and five meaningless victories later, with the air of invincibility blown entirely away, who can fault him for finding positive associations in anyone connected to those days, and to wish one of those people (say, a sitting president) would appear again from out of the past, like a talisman and a good-luck charm, to bring back some of the old magic?
Senegal were bundled out on the last day of the group phase in Russia after a count back of cautions after finishing level with Japan in Group H. They had made a bright start to the tournament by beating Poland in Moscow but then flattered to decisive with talisman Sadio Mane largely anonymous and highly rated defender Kalidou Koulibaly caught out when he was most needed.
Among those who grew up taking yellow cabs across the Upper East Side to high school and playing hooky on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, there was a sense of having lost a girlhood friend: the woman who created the glossy handbags that became a talisman of almost-adulthood and the sine qua non of belonging to the city's inner circle.

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