Word: charisma
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reagan might have known that Harvard was one of the few universities not to succumb to his charisma in the 1984 election. Or maybe he was miffed that Derek Bok had decided to end the tradition of handing out honorary degrees to the anniversary speakers due to faculty grumbling. When the K-school is giving Ed Meese and Cap Weinberger specially minted commemorative medals for the Kennedy School's 50th, it's not unreasonable that their boss might expect a little piece of sheepskin from the University...
Gorbachev's overall performance was a Jekyll-and-Hyde melange of personal charisma and calibrated bluster. He used stock phrases and body language to cajole applause from the 5,000 delegates, who first greeted his criticism of Soviet poor production practices with timid silence. The Pavlovian technique paid off. The second time he complained about slipshod work habits, he received an instant ovation. Jested Gorbachev: "Now I see I have twice won your applause by reminding you of the need for change." At the end of his speech, he glanced at his watch after a minute of applause. The cheers...
...strongest candidate on the left. He had the backing of the Communist Party, and in the closing days of the campaign was endorsed by General Antonio Ramalho Eanes, the popular outgoing President, and his newly formed Democratic Renewal Party. Salgado Zenha, though, was a lackluster candidate who showed little charisma on TV, now an important factor in Portuguese elections. Too often he came across as sneering and aloof...
...this to me?" Julie: "Carlos, don't say it until you feel it." Another feeling starts: "I'm so cool." Another: "I've got chirasma." The whole group: "What?" Boy, confused, repeats, "I've got chirasma." Girl: "You mean you got asthma." Laughter. "You mean you got charisma." Julie: "Let's do it. Keep it moving. Today we've got chirasma...
...makers of sequels, there ought to be a more exalted motive than profit. This follow-up to last year's surprise hit Romancing the Stone reunites Stars Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, sends them off to an Arab emirate, then gives them nothing to do but market their charisma. In the first film, Turner intoxicated as a drab novelist who blossomed into a spunky heroine; here, she is fighting only celebrity veg-out. Mark Rosenthal and Lawrence Konner's plot, which amounts to a series of enforced aerobic exertions, matches the two funsters with a cartel of shifty Arabs...