Word: charisma
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...Allan Border, who was born in the same year, Hookes was a bridge between two glorious periods of Australian cricket: old enough to have played with the Chappells, Lillee, Marsh and Walters, young enough to have been on the scene with the Waughs, Taylor and Warne. Hookes had the charisma of the former era and the aggressive hunger to win of the latter. In some ways, he was too flashy for the time he played in. And for today?s sporting world, where cricketers babble and corporate sponsors reign, he was not anodyne enough. Unlike Border, his closest contemporary, Hookes...
...more optimistic candidate nearly always wins, and most recently, it worked for George W. Bush. In the 2000 campaign, pollsters found that even voters who didn't like his tax plan or his inexperience did like him, saw him as a regular guy. Phoniness is a political toxin and charisma, a vaccine, and Edwards claims to have the cure...
...Iowans saw the gleam of electability in Kerry, Southerners might see it in John Edwards, who has been a frequent presence in South Carolina. He exudes the closest thing to Clintonian charisma on the Democratic roster and was born in the state. He grew up in a poor North Carolina mill town, so he can speak with authenticity when he goes to places like Orangeburg, where unemployment is 15%. Like Dean, he says blacks have the same interests as all other voters--only he says it with a Southern accent. "Race, equality and civil rights," says Edwards. "This...
Most Angelenos have quickly warmed to their new police chief, and his campaign against gangsters has received widespread support, particularly from the black and Latino communities, which suffer disproportionately from Los Angeles' high murder rate. "He has enormous charisma, and his public articulation of the relation of policing to crime is brilliant," says Eric Monkkonen, professor of policy studies at UCLA...
...manipulation to give their candidate an edge. Though it’s hard to imagine the prospect of a manufactured candidate actually stealing a presidential election, we’ve already witnessed a highly unqualified—yet famous—figure convince the public that on-camera charisma might translate into political competence. Just look to our Californian compatriots and their recently elected ex-Terminator...