Word: charisma
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...ORIGINALLY CAST with the late Peter Sellers in the lead, Unfaithfully Yours works largely because of Moore's tremendous comic talent. Without resorting to the clownish absurdity of a Steve Martin or the profanity punctuated anger of a Richard Pryor. Moore delivers a comic performance rich in warmth and charisma. Even at slapstick, Moore delivers, pathetically catching his foot in a wall that he kicks in. In some jokes, you just have to be there, in Unfaithfully Yours, just Dudley Moore has to be there...
Reagan has always been more popular than his policies. A recent New York Times/CBS News survey indicates that the views of registered Democrats and Republicans differ only slightly on specific issues. Instead, it apparently in Reagan's charisma that accounts for much of his strong support. Most of the press has been preoccupied with Reagan's mystique in general;, his undeclared candidacy in particular. Now that Reagan has discarded his veil of secrecy and declared himself a candidate, he should be judged...
...complacent identity crisis ("I very badly want to be someone else without going to the trouble of changing myself). Her boyfriend Marty (Chip Zien) is a kidney specialist who looks like a Muppet rabbi and calls Janie "Monkey." Her father (Stephen Pearlman) is a nice guy with all the charisma of Muzak in a minor key; her mother (Betty Comden) is a danceaholic who can't let go of her baby. Janie knows how to make her mother happy: by phoning to say, "I just got married, lost 20 pounds and became a lawyer"-but she doesn...
...officials concede that Shamir, as one put it, "comes across without the charisma that characterized Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir and Menachem Begin." Washington was uncertain too whether Shamir's apparent flexibility will lead to any substantive policy shifts by Israel. But the Prime Minister's first visit provided grounds for encouragement. "He was shrewd, tough and smart," said one U.S. official who took part in the meetings. "His focus was on programs and practical decision making...
This was supposed to be the fall when John Glenn showed he had the right stuff to be the Democratic presidential nominee. He would "define" himself both as a person and as a candidate. His organization would coalesce and transform Glenn's astronaut charisma into grass-roots support. Walter Mondale, meanwhile, was supposed to fold under pressure. His string of endorsements would prove worthless as uninspired voters looked for a candidate with more fire. As 1984 began, according to Glenn scenarists, the two men would be running neck and neck...