Word: charisma
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...Some race fans may be turned away by the tragedy; other, new ones may be drawn to the sport by this proof that it is not trivial. Certainly NASCAR faces a huge charisma vacuum, and it will never forget the Daytona 500 of February 18, 2001, a milestone of many kinds. Mourning passes into remembrance, and the race will...
...project sincerity for a quarter century. But when he's not pushing the blarney, he gives subtle glimpses of the decay that age and alcohol etches in a man. His face is fallen, creased with defeat, his posture hunched and haunted, his demeanor frail. Behind the old Crosby charisma was a self-confidence so pure that he didn't have to push it in America's face; but here he's playing a man with so little confidence that his face anticipates reproach. He's not the star he was, or the man. "Hey, aren't you Frank Elgin?" someone...
Former president Clinton swept out of office last month in a whirlwind eerily akin to the one he deposited on Washington's doorstep eight years ago. He stood at the center of the maelstrom with his now-trademark charisma and the same winds of impropriety were blowing: rumors of vandalism perpetrated by the outgoing White House Staff, the forced return of gifts totaling tens of thousands of dollars, a personal perjury confession in the Paula Jones case...
Gerald Demas '04 also cites West's charisma, in addition to his prominence, as reasons for waiting for West's return...
...took a step that critics call anti-African: reimposing the funding ban for overseas family-planning agencies that are linked to abortion services (many of those agencies provide counseling and care for African AIDS victims). Powell's input on the decision isn't known. No doubt the general's charisma and star power will give him a comfortable honeymoon, so he can avoid such questions for a while. But the Washington press has a way of building you up so it can knock you down. As his former colleagues at the Pentagon say, he'd better prepare for incoming...