"character" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- To the Editor: In "Presidential Character" (editorial, March 17) you say that "we may see a resurgence of the old conviction that character counts."
- Trait-based frameworks, excluding the Freudian approach, were suggested by James Barber (1930-2004) in The Presidential Character (1972) who highlighted the importance of psychobiography in political personality analysis.
- "Winston Churchill used to drink brandy in the morning, and lots of other different times," notes James David Barber, the author of "The Presidential Character."
- In his landmark work Presidential Character, historian David James Barber discusses these questions with particular insight.
- Dr. Barber's best-known book, "The Presidential Character," published in 1972, argued that a president's psychological makeup, established early in life, could predict his performance in office.
- If you were trying to pitch Gail Sheehy's "Character" to a Hollywood producer, you'd say, and not be far off, that it's "Passages" meets "The Presidential Character."
- "The Presidential Character" is the signature work of the political scientist James David Barber; it argues that close study of the national leader's psychological development will yield insights into the way he governs.
- For James David Barber, whose 1972 book, "The Presidential Character: Predicting Performance in the White House," set the terms of debate for a while, character was temperament.
- "Bush's argument seems to be 'trust me,' " said James David Barber, a political scientist at Duke University and author of "The Presidential Character."
- The more one evaluates the possibilities for personality change in the White House, the more the dichotomy elaborated by James David Barber in his book, Presidential Character, appears relevant.
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