Word: max
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...there was damage that went beyond John's term. Wills discusses the implications of Kennedy's "charismatic" leadership, borrowing the term from German sociologist Max Weber. It is leadership grounded in a faith in a person, rather than in traditional and legal authorities. The charismatic leader has little regard for formal institutions and structures, by-passing them in order to assume the reins of power himself. Not only were the consequences of this style of rule disastrous in the Bay of Pigs crisis--Kennedy deprived himself of the military oversight of the plan which would have pointed up its flaws...
LAST NEW YEAR'S EVE, the sagging economy claimed another victim. Max's Kansas City, one of Manhattan's best known and most innovative rock clubs closed its doors for good, symbolically ending an era of popular music. At Max's, Bruce Springsteen once opened for Bob Marley, the New York Dolls got their start, and a plethora of unknowns enjoyed brief moments of fame, But above all, the Village hangout will be remembered by veterans of the 60s as the birthplace of Lou Reed's Velvet Underground, perhaps the most influential group to ever emerge form New York City...
...most powerful musical statement. The Blue Mask is the work of a mature artist; the hostility and bitterness of the past that came to the fore on the successful Sally Can't Dance have given way to passion and love with an every-present undercurrent of anger. Max's may be dead and the Underground buried, but with The Blue Mask, Reed displays at 40 the vigor of a forever-young rocker...
Brandon-a lover of Morgan Fairchild could only have this name; it exudes machismo-is a studly looking fellow complete with suede jacket and baby blues, and he tries to get the police to give Jamie some protection. But their cop friend, Captain Maxwell (Vince Edwards), whom they call Max, of course, has no time to bother with such trivial things as potential psychopathic sex murderers. He delivers to Brandon's face a terribly ridiculous speech explaining that crime has become a way of life in America. Oh. really? Brandon asks what he should do then, if the police aren...
...turn the tables on him at the last moment-has some possibilities, but Schmoeller's penchant for things both obvious and almost ludicrous destroys any chance for success. He should be ashamed of some of the dialogue he puts into his character's mouths, most notably that of Captain Max, whose moralizing about the tough life of a police officer comes right out of Batman and Robin...