Word: charisma
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gideon Toeplitz, executive director of the Houston Symphony. "In America, there's a mystery behind being Indian or Japanese or European that contributes greatly from a marketing point of view." Adds another major orchestra manager: "Orchestras are always looking for that extra presence that leaps across the footlights, charisma. The foreign element may add to that...
...word of the verdict spread, several hundred people gathered outside the colonial-style courthouse, drawn by Von Bülow's icy charisma. Cheers rose when he was spotted at a second-floor window, and again when he walked down the courthouse steps. There were chants of "He's innocent!" and "Free Claus!" Von Bülow smiled slightly, then said "Thank you" in a very small voice...
...term occurred to him as he watched Ted noticeably tense up while shaking hands with a woman. As if doing penance for a nation's (and a family's) mistreatment of him, Wills shows Ted trapped by each of the elements of the Kennedy mystique: sex, family, image, charisma and power. The other Kennedys died in the splendor of youth, before the faces and the myths had time to wrinkle. But Ted has endured...
...need not retire just yet. His charisma, his style, his sex appeal are still irresistible; he is still very much the enfant terrible of dance. And since his strong suit, even in his heyday, was never technical perfection--his particular brand of excellence has always involved character over precision--he remains a dancer to be seen and remembered and discussed...
...generally pleasant voice, and his dancing is quite good. The Johnny Jones role calls for a star quality performer to carry the show along. His acting ability might be negligible, yet few can question the value of Osmond's 19 years in the business. Charisma enables him to support the burden of the show, becoming a center of gravity around which the other actors can spin merrily. Maybe only Donny with his squeaky clean image could believably defend honor and country and still compliment his gal with, "French pastry ain't worth thirty cents compared to Apple...