Word: charisma
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...Angelides, who has served as State Treasurer for seven years and is a longtime foe of the Governator, has an uphill battle ahead of him. Aside from the charisma discrepency, Schwarzenegger's popularity ratings, in free fall for much of the past year, have lately rebounded a bit, thanks in part to $7 billion in unexpected tax revenue. In his favor, Angelides is running in a predominantly Democratic state, has the backing of powerful labor unions and may get some mileage out of the current backlash against GOP President George W. Bush. Still, in a Field poll of 702 likely...
...attend Harvard University, and she does bear some similarities to aspects of my life,” she says. But, “I am a writer of fiction.”‘LARGER THAN LIFE’Starting freshman week, Randall’s mix of charisma and esoteric knowledge attracted instant confidants. “She was one of those larger-than-life people,” said Alexander C. Bok ’81, a close friend she dated. “She’s very persuasive.”Bok remembers helping...
...being beguiled. "I like the guy, even though his site called me and Elisabeth Bumiller the two worst reporters in America," says Nagourney. "I know I should hate him, but I can't." Nagourney praises Moulitsas' political insight but notes that the Daily Kos phenomenon is a product of charisma: "He's got it and he knows...
...idea of following his little hero, a 14-year-old played by Jean-Pierre Laud, through 20 more years of seriocomic escapades. But the end of that film, a freeze-frame of Antoine on a beach, left Truffaut and his audiences asking, What next? The callow charisma of young Laud also begged to be used again. What followed was a lovely short film (Antoine and Colette) and three features (Stolen Kisses, Bed and Board and Love on the Run) that fleshed out Antoine's early maturity--or, rather, his prolonged, love-addled adolescence. This Criterion boxed set exhaustively...
...Leading Energy Company"; we were going to be "The World's Leading Company." Why limit ourselves to energy? Enron was fast-paced, inventive, exciting; we epitomized the New Economy, able to innovate virtually overnight. Unfortunately, in life, our strengths can become our weaknesses. Just as the dark side of charisma is narcissism, the dark side of innovation is fraud. Enron fell victim to both. Our finance, accounting and legal departments pushed the use of off-balance-sheet vehicles over the line that separates creative transactions from fraudulent ones. Our corporate culture became narcissistic; we were focused on our image...