Word: magical
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Charisma,* as defined in political terms by Sociologist Max Weber, refers to a leader who has a special grace or extraordinary power to rule by the force of personality alone. In more primitive lands, such a ruler was frequently revered as a father figure with magical capacities. Peasants in Turkey, for example, believed that Dictator Kemal Ataturk was impervious to bullets. Even in relatively sophisticated societies, there is a deep-rooted need for magic. The fact that the magician may not really have talent or wisdom is less important than the popular belief that...
...carpet on the floor. Heavier cars tend to have sturdier thunks, but lighter models can do well if aided by a few gimmicks. Special bracing inside the. door can improve the thunk, but technicians do not know just how or why. "There's a lot of black magic in this thing," says John Adamson, an American Motors' vice president...
...small provincial newspaper complained about France's fascination with diminutives. "Everybody wants his petite maison, his petit jardin, his petite femme, and finally his petite retraite," it said. "At this rate we will surely end up as un petit peuple." Part of De Gaulle's magic lay in his ability to lift his countrymen from such petty aspirations -and from such deep self-doubt. Now both appear to be returning more distressingly than ever. No one believes that France, the revolutionary birthplace of modern democracy, has lost all pride and will sink into smug complacency because De Gaulle...
Eventually I did get stoned. Your feet and arms may seem a little cold, and you begin to feel and see things very intensely. Suddenly you wish that everyone would cluster in a small corner of the room because you almost feel that everyone near you is in some magic bubble, whereas the people over in the other part of the room seem very far away. Time slows down in the most felicitous way: an hour can seem like three, but yet I have suddenly seen the sun coming up when I thought it was only one in the morning...
...Mets won still another game yesterday, downing the St. Louis Cardinals, 3-1, before another enthusiastic Shea Stadium crowd. Their magic number is now three...