Word: charisma
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With his intelligence, athletic prowess and charisma, it seems that any career path could have been the right one for Barrett. However, his decision to join the Marines was not a difficult one, and was rooted in his youth...
...former community organizer, he understood that change comes from the grass roots up, not from the top down. O.K., O.K., it's a fine sentiment. But it's wrong: this campaign is all about him. In fact, given Obama's slim political résumé and drop-dead charisma, his campaign is more candidate-driven than most. It's all about the spectacular keynote speech he gave to the Democratic National Convention in 2004. It's all about the fact that he's--pace Joe Biden--a young, attractive, eloquent and intelligent Kenyan Kansan. (Baseball cap spotted in Iowa later that...
Kirstein Professor of Human Relations Jay W. Lorsch likened Faust to Barack H. Obama, a Law School graduate whose intelligence and charisma have earned him popularity as a Democratic candidate despite his having served only four years in the U.S. Senate...
Noorzai's position as tribal leader was more than an honorific. Leadership is not simply inherited: while descent is important, a chief usually emerges by consensus, recognized for his military prowess, his charisma, and his skill with money and negotiation. Noorzai needed all those qualities when the world changed on Sept. 11, 2001. He immediately understood that the U.S. would retaliate and that the Taliban's days were numbered. That day Noorzai was at one of his homes in the Pakistani border city of Quetta, a two-story fortresslike structure. He left quickly for Afghanistan to prepare for the coming...
...Lubin says. Although students can’t do much until Obama officially declares his intention to run, the Facebook group already has 73 members as of February 2nd.A serious, mainstream ticket headlined by a minority would be ground breaking for obvious reasons, and Obama’s charisma might mobilize an unusually large population of Harvard students. “He does have a reputation that’s going to bring a lot of people together,” says Harvard College Democrats president Brigit M. Helgen ’08. “From what...