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...Nkrumah and Sukarno stirred the blood of their countrymen, but they very nearly ruined their countries. Two of the most persuasive leaders of the 20th century were also two of its greatest monsters-Hitler and Mussolini. Particularly in advanced nations, the leader who governs by emotion and style is apt to be regarded as a dangerous indulgence, one that people with stable institutions should not hanker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO CHARISMA? | 10/17/1969 | See Source »

...another fling at writing. In a letter to The Times, she decried "all these important gentlemen" who would deny her the right to give her side of the scandal. "Perhaps," she added, "I am supposed to have been flushed away down the drain forever." Her choice of imagery seemed apt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Memoirs: The Perils of Christine | 10/10/1969 | See Source »

TRUE GRIT. At 62, John Wayne is still riding tall in the saddle. Playing a hard-drinking but softhearted lawman in this cornball western comedy, Wayne proves that his nickname, "The Duke," has never been more apt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Oct. 3, 1969 | 10/3/1969 | See Source »

TRUE GRIT. At 62, John Wayne is still riding tall in the saddle. Playing a hard-drinking but softhearted lawman in this cornball western comedy, Wayne proves that his nickname, "The Duke," has never been more apt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Sep. 26, 1969 | 9/26/1969 | See Source »

TRUE GRIT. John Wayne has his finest hour in this cornball western comedy. His genial, self-satirizing performance as an aging lawman proves that his nickname, "the Duke," has seldom been more apt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Sep. 19, 1969 | 9/19/1969 | See Source »

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