Word: charisma
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...culture Club fanatic to vote Republican (most of them are too young to vote anyway), but for associations of youth, glamour, and vitality that they bring. Reagan, the Acting President, realizes that he does not need the personal OK of a superstar to shine from his or her reflected charisma. Reagan's hyper-publicized photo with God's Gift to the Sequin Industry was seen by more potential voters than the Republican National convention, and was a lot easier on the eyes. One would almost suspect that the blue and gold officer's jacket and aviator's glasses were...
...affable Reagan, of course, doesn't really need this a political help; it is Walter Mondale who could use some help from the Jacksons, but he isn't getting it. Mondale has an anti-charisma, a portable entropy that drains the sparkle of those sharing his podium. The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson is the notable exception, which perhaps explains why the Mondale campaign so cravenly sought his endorsement. But even with the redoubtable Reverend on his side. Mondale cannot project the appeal he needs, and his supporters have not managed to find enough celebrities to fill the void--one reason...
What separated last year from the others, though, was the position in which the 1983-1984 squads started. If the championship squads of two years ago had the skill and talent in common, then last year's teams had finesse and charisma. Some of the more remarkable feats...
Otherwise, Director Jack Hofsiss (who staged The Elephant Man) has done little more than transfer the play cleanly to the small screen and keep our eyes riveted on the performers. In this case, that is enough. Though Tommy Lee Jones, as Brick, lacks the brooding charisma of Paul Newman in the 1958 movie version, he provides a rare sight: a Brick who actually looks and talks like the ex-football player he is supposed to be. (Jones was an all-Ivy, all-East offensive guard at Harvard in the 1960s.) Kim Stanley (who played Maggie in the 1958 London production...
...expected Ferraro to be a brassy, pushy New Yorker. After hearing her speak, I became an excited supporter. She has charisma, compassion, the ability to laugh at herself and a human touch that the Republican women in government lack...