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What is inarguable is that Shepard possessed iconic beauty, whose “imperfections,” such as the crookedness of his teeth, only added to his allure.

No one else in the sport’s recent history has possessed such a knack for driving fans, administrators and executives completely mad.

The MGM brass realized, Mr. Eyman writes, that “she possessed something valuable—an electric charge that made an audience sit up and take notice.”

Mr. Richardson tries not to dwell on the subject, but it’s clear that Matthiessen possessed a Paul Newman-esque beauty, which he found both burdensome and advantageous.

Similarly, when Ms. Wilson’s mother died, only months after her husband’s departure, she discovered that her mother’s former kitchen implements possessed the power to reconnect mother and daughter, if only in memory.