Word: demeanor
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...know he loves it. And for many employees, the boss's volatile demeanor is a small price to pay for that passion. "Steve might be capable of reducing someone to tears," says John Patrick Crecine, an academic turned entrepreneur and Jobs friend of long standing, "but it's not because he's meanspirited; it's because he's absolutely single minded, almost manic, in his pursuit of quality and excellence." Indeed, Jobs' most potent weapon is still his messianic zeal to fulfill his original vision of Apple as the bridge between the average citizen and the mysterious world...
...President's attention span "would compare to that of a fruit fly." He tells the story of seeing President Reagan the morning after they had actually dined together at the Morris home: "Not only did he fail to mention our dinner, it was obvious from his smiling yet distant demeanor that he did not recall...
...candidate's soft and measured demeanor sometimes allowed humor to creep...
...even more--especially when they act like ordinary kids, not prematurely serious artist-nerds. That's Church all over: a cheerful talk-show guest, she admits to being a fan of Puff Daddy's and Celine Dion's. Even better, she has the kind of I'm-no-snob demeanor that goes over spectacularly well in class-obsessed Britain, where artists who have (or can simulate) the common touch can count on being boosted by the down-market tabloids. That too is Church all over--her mother manages a public housing project in Cardiff--and it helps explain...
With his matching suits, bow ties, andgentlemanly demeanor, Epps sometimes seems closerto the old Harvard presidents whose graves helikes to stroll among than to his currentcolleagues...