Word: charisma
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...frenzied commodities dealing. Last week the board got a new president, quiet, methodical Warren W. Lebeck, 52, an officer of the C.B.T. for the past 19 years. Lebeck was picked by the board of directors after a divisive five-month manhunt. He is a compromise candidate, who lacks the charisma and political clout of his $110,000-a-year predecessor, Henry Hall Wilson, a well-connected Democrat who returned home to North Carolina last June to challenge Sam Ervin for his Senate seat in 1974. But Lebeck may be the perfect...
...solo folk singer following the breakup of Peter, Paul and Mary and a year of singing at voters' registration rallies and Democratic benefits. Last Sunday's concert testified to an incredible growth. By adapting his music to rock and to generally richer orchestration, Yarrow has regained his enormous performing charisma and redefined the tradition of which Peter, Paul and Mary were a part...
Along with her initiative, Indira Gandhi has lost much of her charisma...
...growth reinforced by the masterstroke of replacing him with a piano player, instead of a guitarist. Moreover, Dickie Betts' own talent is showcased and it clear that he carries the band. (He had not only played in the shadow of Duane's prodigious talent, but his less real instrumental charisma as well.) The result is a music that is consistently excellent, without being repetitious...
...then, did Activist-Ecumenist Blake lose? Because another candidate, Clinton Marsh, won. In contrast to Blake's understated style, Marsh's answers to questions rang with vigor and charisma...