Word: charisma
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...turn of the century Greece. At this time, the Ottomans have just humiliated Greece in the war of 1897, but rebel guerrillas keep the hope of revolution simmering among the local populace. Unfortunately, this glorious setting and exciting period of revolutionary activity are ill-served by protagonists with no charisma and a story with no surprises...
...Synan, dean of religion at Regent University, contends that Jakes and Billy Graham are the only two evangelists who could pack Atlanta's 79,000-capacity Georgia Dome (both have), "but Graham has 50 years of fame and a great organization." Says Lee Grady, editor of the religious magazine Charisma: "We talk about someone being anointed. Jakes knows he's got a special trust...
...broached a mother's nightmare: "You got a problem with your child. It's been 10 years since you've seen the child you wanted to see. Just some monster in his clothes.") It's Oprah-in-a-pulpit. But for Winfrey's generic spirituality, Jakes substitutes God. Says Charisma's Grady: "He taps into the core of human weakness and need and then proclaims Christ as an answer to that, in a way that causes people to stand up and shout...
...apprehensive; after the disappointment of George Segal, I was unsure about watching another Must-See-TV star. I was quite pleased, however, by what I saw from Will and Grace’s Eric McCormack in his Broadway debut as The Music Man, Harold Hill. With tremendous charisma, a pleasant, if unspectacular voice, and a great deal of enthusiasm, he was a perfect complement to Rebecca Luker’s beautifully sung and just old-fashioned beautiful Marian in a classic show that Susan Stroman has lovingly restaged...
...this has left a vast audience of admirers at home and abroad wondering what all that Powell charisma and celebrity and promise are being used for. What has happened to make the Bush Administration's ace look like its odd man out? Is it Powell, or the circumstances he's in? Is it something in the Powell makeup, or some combination of rivalry and situation, that holds him back...