Word: charisma
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...Cosby manages in Leonard Part 6. It is almost funnier than anything else in Raw. As Cosby is to television, Murphy is to movies: the undisputed popular champ. Cos plays the good father, Eddie the adorable, rank- mouthed boy. And Murphy is more: a gifted mimic with explosive sexual charisma. That's what gives the Beverly Hills Cop films their sleek, self- satisfied zing. But 90 minutes of Murphy, prowling the stage in duds of black and blue (just like his comedy), can wear thin when the text of his sermon is the cupidity of women and the stupidity...
...ring bearers, the genetically streamlined children, of the new amorality. Bud, in his mid-20s, is learning how to wheel and wheedle; Tom, in his mid-30s, already knows how to ingratiate and conquer. Bud does it with long hours and pit-bull doggedness, Tom with his boyish, passive charisma. Both men might tell you that ideals are as passe as peace marches and that the happening disease, the one everyone wants to catch, is designer greed. So who cares that Bud is a bookie in an Armani suit and Tom is a mannequin with an earpiece? Both will...
Stalin and Khrushchev would be proud of Gorbachev, who is no different in his attempts to strengthen the Soviet economy and expand Soviet influence throughout the world. He is only the first General Secretary with enough Western-style charisma to wow the world community. He has taken the initiative by pouring forth a deluge of proposals for arms reduction, making the United States appear inflexible when we don't accept them...
...does have force, treachery and charisma on his side. There is a funny scene in which a Shakespearean actor (Richard Howells) coaches Ui in speech and movement by running him through Marc Antony's speech in Julius Caesar. At first Raphael's imitation of Howells' already exaggerated enunciation and movement makes him look like John Cleese's Minister of Silly Walks. But the walk soon becomes an obscene goosestep, the speech a guttural shout. Raphael must have watched films of old Hitler speeches, because he has der Fuhrer's mannerisms, voice and gestures down pat. He is truly frightening...
When SASC members returned to campus this year, they found that many of their leaders of exceptional charisma or moral vigor had graduated. They heard no news from South Africa because of the media blackout there and could see no shanties on other campuses nationwide...