Word: charisma
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...know, dictator) of Cuba for more than thirty years, transferred his governing powers to his brother in July 2006 due to illness. Despite having a foot and a half in the grave by all reports but the Cuban government’s own, Castro’s charisma, healthy facial hair, and daring sartorial choice of 24/7 combat boots and fatigues have created a larger-than-life image that will almost certainly outlive him. America has hoped for years that Castro’s death will leave a vacuum that the U.S. can fill with some of that democracy we?...
...liked to walk around giving advice, even if it wasn’t wanted,” said David L. Yermack ’85, the Crimson managing editor to whom Zucker reported as the Sports Editor in his junior year. “Luckily, he had great charisma and a great sense of humor to back it up.” While Zucker was at The Crimson, he wrote a controversial article defending the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, calling it “one of [America’s] most entertaining institutions...
...unclouded by undue emotionality. She doesn't get misty and bite her lip in public. She doesn't feel your pain; she understands it. Rationality breeds caution, and caution breeds a lack of spontaneity, which can make her seem cold and calculating. And even if her husband puts his charisma in storage for the campaign, Clinton will be running against a politician, in Barack Obama, who has a public ease and eloquence unmatched by any candidate since ... well, Bill Clinton. To win the future, Hillary Clinton will have to defeat her own past. Because, just like the Clinton...
...candidates for Harvard’s next president whittles down to a final few, the names of better known university presidents and provosts as well as a law school dean may be on the lips of many observers. But few candidates surpass Richard in either academic leadership experience or charisma, current and past colleagues...
...well liked in Iowa, where polls show him ahead of three of his likely opponents, Clinton, John Kerry and Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack. If Obama runs, his task will become much more difficult, since Edwards would then be competing against a politician with many of the same attributes - charisma, good looks, an idealistic message - and who is an even fresher face on the political scene. Of course, Edwards ran and lost as as the fresh face in 2004. Now he's hoping his experience and unorthodox style will be what helps him finish...