| It is something talismanic, totemic, intangible, all-consuming, corrosive, compulsive, elusive, indefinable. |
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| In primitive tribes, the names of people, places and things have talismanic powers. |
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| So artworks begin to take on the aura of talismanic objects of prestige and power which have value on their own account. |
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| A trained anthropologist, Small was inspired by indigenous people who imbued their jewellery with talismanic significance. |
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| The prospect of losing their talismanic star appears to have kick-started the football federation into action. |
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| Robbed of one of their principal ball-winners and their talismanic playmaker, a tough night was always going to lie ahead. |
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| One would fight to the death for the lady liege, the madonna, and be happy with a talismanic scarf, a kind glance. |
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| If the 25-year-old was less unassuming and more cagey, he would know that is not the sort of thing a team's talismanic striker is meant to say. |
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| In the 1980s and early 1990s he held a unique position in Scotland's political life, a talismanic figure in the campaign for home rule. |
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| Once these talismanic veterans left the club, Pohang's star began to fade with the dawning of a new century. |
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| In an attempt to breathe new life into his wilting charges, Tena brought on the talismanic Blanco at the start of the second half. |
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| The inscriptions on talismanic shirts consist mostly of chapters and verses of the Qur'an. |
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| The big match: Boca were indebted to talismanic attacking midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme for his winning strike against Arsenal. |
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| The Paulista side will also be able to count on several experienced players, like talismanic goalscoring keeper Rogerio Ceni. |
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| The Englishman, who has just completed the best of his four seasons at the club, admits that he wouldn't be the player he is now had it not been for the talismanic Swede. |
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| The 20-year-old opened the scoring in the 27th minute when he intelligently held the ball up before laying it off for Sunderland's talismanic midfielder. |
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| The Qur'anic verses, which are the words of God, were not only read for prayer but were also perceived as talismanic symbols. |
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| Graham Fuller: NOW that Black Cat, White Cat is being released after the Kosovo war Instead of during it, it has a kind of after-the-fact talismanic optimism about it. |
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| Both serpents and lions were common decorative and talismanic features on city gates and city walls, long used as symbols of protection and of power. |
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| Metsu will undoubtedly pin much of his hopes on the form of talismanic striker Sebastian Quintana who has an exceptional goals-per-game record at international level, and has already grabbed five in the current campaign. |
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| They are also suspicious, probably more than they need be, about the depth of Mr Brown's commitment to some of Mr Blair's more talismanic policies, especially the reform of public services. |
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| Mexico's fortunes at recent editions of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup have been closely linked to the development of their talismanic striker Charlyn Corral. |
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| In Gujarat, India's most industrialised and Muslim-phobic state, where the BJP has won four successive state elections and has its most talismanic leader, Narendra Modi, Congress got 11 of 26 seats. |
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| Mbark Boussoufa, winner of the Soulier d'Or and a talismanic player for Anderlecht, chose ProduWeb to develop his site, the interactivity of which was increased by the addition of a forum in two languages. |
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| Almost all talismanic shirts have magic formulas and numerological charms made up of letters and numbers, which are thought to have magical powers and meanings. |
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| The club did though reach the final of the previous incarnation of the Oceania competition in 2005, and can count New Caledonia's talismanic striker Pierre Wajoka among their ranks. |
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| Trinidad and Tobago will be chief among them, even with the absence of talismanic coach Leo Beenhakker and the retirement of former Manchester United great Dwight Yorke. |
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