Word: gracing
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...century ago, Max Weber, the great German sociologist, famously divided sources of authority into three types: the traditional, the charismatic and the legal-bureaucratic. Americans like their leaders to be charismatic--a word derived from the Greek that means a person has a gift of grace. Political parties routinely look for presidential candidates with charisma (Barack Obama, naturally) and regret it when they don't find one (think Michael Dukakis). (See TIME's Barack Obama covers...
Charismatic leaders, Weber argued, inspire devotion; they are change agents. But not every society wants or needs charismatic leaders, and some have reason to shun them. The Big Men of Africa and the caudillos of Latin America have often been charismatic, and their gift to their people was not grace but authoritarianism. So can you be a leader without charisma? Sure. Just follow these tips...
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...ridiculous defense of Sarah Palin by - a five-minute barrage of blather clearly not believed by and including the Bartlett's-worthy quote "I don't think she quit, I think she changed her priorities" - leaves viewers wondering if it's possible for a politician to fall further from grace than...
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