Word: charismas
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...church sought in saints have not altered. The saint must exhibit a heroic degree of virtue akin to the asceticism that ancient athletes and warriors strove to perfect. And the works of a saint must be out of the ordinary, almost unique. He or she should have a charisma or aura, the kind of radiance that was classically symbolized by a halo. The life of a saint should display a certain personal serenity...
...face isn't revealing enough, and he needs a stage of gestures and intense dialogue to make his talents felt. Steve McQueen, on the other hand, who probably couldn't get cast in a high school Christmas play, never has to even try once the cameras get rolling. Charisma, which is his excuse, is based on double takes and spiraling eyes and the ticks and flutters that make a face interesting, as long as the role doesn't demand any grey matter behind it. But Charles Bronson-his features wouldn't twitter a fraction if he were...
...slim margin of Massachusetts voters felt sure that, even though Frank Sargent was a nice guy, a sharp pol, and a liberal's liberal and even though Dukakis has all the charisma of a garden slug, was a non-politician, and was relatively unknown-they were getting something different and better...
...steadily rising crime rate, the breakdown of the cities and the crumbling of mass transportation. His view-widely welcomed at present-that Government should do less and that national thrift is in order could begin to seem to many people like a do-nothing policy. Along with this, "charisma"-a cliché not recently heard-might return to the political vocabulary...
...General Ariel ("Arik") Sharon, Israel's hero of the October war, to be his personal adviser. The move guaranteed increased support for Rabin from right-wing Israelis who adore the superhawk Sharon and who have long worried that the Premier is a waffling dove. The general's charisma will also blunt the appeal of Rabin critics like former Defense Minister Moshe Dayan. Since Sharon becomes a civil servant who by law cannot openly criticize the government, Rabin has also neatly stilled the voice of a maverick politician who once called him both "naive" and "childish" for indicating willingness...