Word: charismas
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...excitement, enjoying his moment of glory, was a rather short, dumpy man in a baggy suit. Struggling to the microphone, Senator Henry (Scoop) Jackson said: "This loyalty is gonna carry us to victory in New York in July. In the meantime, we'll pick up a little charisma." The crowd chanted: "Scoop! Scoop! Scoop...
Wallace just can't deal with Carter the same way he bludgeoned poor Albert Brewer. Not only does he have to speak the sanitized language of the presidential campaign, he must as well watch Carter take a tip from Max Weber and take advantage of the routinization of his charisma, the routinization of his demagoguery...
...kind of political probation. Israeli voters are in a hawkish mood these days, even though hawkishness in the past has achieved far less for Israel than moderation and openness to negotiation. Remembering David Ben-Gurion and Golda Meir, Israelis seem to be looking for more charisma than Rabin can provide. Meanwhile, he is being pushed by his opposition. Shimon Peres has indicated that if he decides he cannot go along with any government policy, he will bolt the government and run against Rabin, either independently or in the Labor Party. In addition, a covey of former generals, including former Intelligence...
...Massachusetts Institute of Technology scheduled a series of six programs on Curley, there was standing room only in a large campus lecture hall. Why? Students seemed to be drawn by the highly personalized politics that Curley symbolized-a far cry from what one participant described as "the lack of charisma, of wit and imagination, and of unpredictability in modern politics." Declared Boston Mayor Kevin White: "Charismatic leadership is hungered for, but at the same time we fear it." Should there be another Curley? "No," said White. "The problems are different, the needs are different...
J.F.K. had a little fun while in the White House. So what? What man with his charm, wit and charisma would not have enjoyed the likes of Monroe, Mansfield, et al., if given the chance? Apparently it did little harm to the country...