a coined
phrase meaning to make something happen or be
successful merely by the magnetism of one's
presence rather than by the organizational or preparatory steps necessary to political or personal achievements. Used in a derogatory sense.
a coined
phrase used
derogatorily to mean to make something happen or be
successful merely by the magnetism of one's
presence rather than by an accurate
analysis of the
situation or by the organizational steps necessary to personal or political achievements. Glow literally means to
burn with an intense
heat, particularly without flame. It is used here figuratively to mean to be suffused with radiance, as if intensely heated; to be animated with
passion and
emotion.