Word: charisma
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...North and Duke get so far with such pockmarked pasts? Sure, they both have that gap-toothed charisma, but neither of them came from any side of politics except the underside. It seems that a claim to being "a good Christian"--or at least a repentant one--has become more important than any political savvy or competence. Of course, tens of millions of Americans bear this credential and amazingly resist running for high office. Maybe you also have to write a book, like North, but we have yet to see whether that will work for Dan Quayle...
...superb cast is led by Mastroianni, whose world-weary charisma so comfortably bears every man's crimes and charms. But finally it is the film's images that seize the memory. You won't soon forget the bleached radiance of a seaside wedding reception, the shadows caressing Dona Leonor on her midnight raid to smash dwarf statues on a nearby lawn, the face of a girl who wonders if she is the pawn of a lady's possessiveness or the beneficiary of a gentleman's genial lust...
...aired incessantly (24 hours a week). The staff has weathered its flourishing cult status, the challenge of devising new jokes about the same old sorts of films, flirtations with Hollywood to make an MST3K feature and, last year, the departure of creator and host Joel Hodgson. His sleepy-voiced charisma was replaced by the flummoxed gentility of the baby-faced Nelson, who also composes many of the delicious song parodies (collected on two Play MST for Me videocassettes). At the convention, Conniff asked impishly, "Would now be the time to tell them we're replacing Mike with Jimmy Smits...
...movies. In '50s film, that looked revolutionary. Today it just looks brilliant. Dean was important not only for what he represented but also for what he achieved: a delicacy that grounded his anger, a supple craft forged at the Actors Studio and on live TV dramas, a charisma that drew all eyes to him and the characters he created...
...ecstatic displays appear to have American origins. They are similar to the flamboyant services -- characterized by the trademark laughing outbursts -- conducted by Rodney Howard-Browne, a Pentecostal revivalist from Louisville, Kentucky. According to Charisma magazine, an American pastor who saw Howard-Browne in action brought word to the Vineyard Christian Fellowship, a Charismatic church near the Toronto International Airport. Similar outbursts began taking place there in January, at six-nights-a-week services that can last until 3 a.m. They have since spread to churches of several denominations across Canada as well as to England...