Word: charisma
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...academics were not his focus at Yale, as the younger Bush decided to focus more on intramural athletics and his role as president of Delta Kappa Epsilon, where he was a serious socialite who was well-remembered for his charisma and intangible charm...
...African-American church. His frankness--on stage or in the pulpit--about sex and sexual abuse (topics most pastors prefer to limit to private counseling) is also a breakthrough. "It wasn't just 'Read the Bible verse and talk about it,'" says J. Lee Grady, editor of Charisma magazine. "It was a married black man speaking from a shepherd's heart to wounded women, and they lined up by the thousands." At least 2 million bought Jakes' book Woman, Thou Art Loosed. Jakes, a regular on two TV networks (TBN and BET), has generated a stream of other novel gambits...
...become a fearless heroine or a ferocious killer? Zhang, surely, is guilty of one crime: she steals the film. "She allows the audience to pour themselves into her imagination," Lee says. "It's not really her in the movie, it's you. That's beyond acting. It's cinematic charisma...
...little to spend on efforts to promote economic growth, which remains his overarching priority. But even if he had the money to spend, he'd have to contend with the fact that he lacks a majority in the legislature, and most state governors still belong to the PRI. The charisma and swagger that helped him sweep out the PRI with only limited backing from his own National Action Party (PAN) aren't going to help him govern - his success now will rest on his ability to cut deals and make alliances...
This system has several distint consequences. First, policy differences between parties are emphasized, while issues of leaders' personal character and charisma are subordinated. The result is a plethora of political parties whose positions range the political spectrum. Contrast this to the United States, where Vice President Al Gore '69 and Texas Gov. George W. Bush had to strain and sweat during the debates to find policy differences to distinguish between them...