Word: demeanor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...criminal defense. This was a case that called for humbleness. It required a serene, solemn and sober defense." Added Beverly Hills Lawyer Paul Caruso: "Wade was perfect in his role. Belli was too flashy. What Ruby needed was a defense lawyer who could have matched Wade's demeanor, perhaps a small-town Texas lawyer, old-fashioned and down to earth, with suspenders instead of a velvet collar." The professional verdict on Belli's conduct of the defense was neatly capsuled in a Texas lawyer's quip: "They found Melvin Belli guilty and gave Jack Ruby the chair...
...that eating an insect could be harmless, then he would plop a live roach in his mouth and chew it up. The demonstration was invariably impressive, but most trial lawyers agree with San Francisco's Jake Ehrlich, who looks not for stuntmen but for experts with "a pleasant demeanor, good solid judgment, some learning, and the sense to keep quiet at the right time...
...Srnec thinks these things up, and is the Black Theater's No. 1 performer as well. He is 33, a short, stocky man with a bull neck, a round head, and a freshly scrubbed demeanor. He has a Ph.D. in music, another in theater, and another in art. Sometimes foreigners confuse his Black Theater with Lanterna Magica, another Czech theatrical group, which dazzled visitors to the 1958 Brussels World's Fair with a theatrical hybrid of song, speech, and film bits projected onto odd-shaped screens. But Srnec is swiftly clearing up the confusion the world over...
...kidnapers soon ordered him out to more gas stations. He became familiar with the voice on the other end-"It was a firm voice, 20 or 25 years old, a bit between baritone and tenor. He articulated well. He made statements such as 'Discretion will be the demeanor...
...Outpouring. U.S. businessmen have been bullish about the economy for many months, but President Johnson's plea for help, his take-charge demeanor and his conservative appearance seem to have released a whole new outpouring of great expectations for the economy. Said Fred Kappel after the Washington meeting: "We have undiminished confidence in the economic and moral strength of the country." In Manhattan the normally undemonstrative National Association of Manufac turers pledged Johnson its "loyal support and cooperation," then predicted that 1964 would be as good for business as 1963 has been. At a Florida meeting of the Investment...