Word: demeanor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...illegal to sell an ice-cream cone. A law to that effect was passed by Congress in 1921 and signed by Woodrow Wilson on his last full day in office as President of the U.S. Designed to protect the public against spoilage, the law makes it a mi demeanor to sell ice cream in Washington except in easily iced standard units - half pints, pints, quarts...
...committee's mistake, and the general's demeanor, were both significant. Though the eldest son of Chiang Kaishek, Nationalist China's venerable president, Chiang Ching-kuo, 53, is the mystery man of Formosa who avoids the limelight. Partly, the mystery has professional reasons: as chief of Formosa's secret police and head of the guerrilla activities directed against Red China, he naturally seeks the shadows...
...with his lyrical prologue: "I remember the evening now with remoteness and detachment." In hilarious counterpoint to these words, he grinds out a cigarette and his body surges with the restless energy of Brando-like animalism. These moments are enough to absolve him from the shortcomings of his unchanging demeanor throughout the afternoon...
With his waddling walk and jolly demeanor, pudgy Sevilla-Sacasa does not look very ambassadorial, but he has splendid qualifications for the deanship: a lot of pocket money, a large capacity for cocktails, an imperturbable stomach, a gift for small talk and a good memory. He takes his deanly duties seriously. "Thirty years ago," he clucks, "diplomats were expected to be aware of all phases of diplomacy before they came to Washington. Not so today. They need help, and this is what I am here for." One highly important help is Sevilla-Sacasa's method for introducing a newly...
Happily, Elke is no peaches and cream puff to take home to mom; sex is prominent in her essential demeanor. She is 5 ft. 7 in. tall, weighs 127 Ibs. Her bust is one yard around. Her figure is terrific and her eyes flash green beneath a fluff of platinum hair. Hollywood's image sculptors took one look at her, sucked in their breath, and began to perfect her perfections. They told her to lose ten pounds, which...