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...toothed, balding status, he just doesn't cut quite the same dashing, leading man figure he once did. Perhaps he has delusions of Jimmy Stewart-esque everyman grandeur. Costner certainly had a certain soccer dad appeal in The Untouchables, but a hunk? Hardly. Whereas Stewart had an endearing awshucks demeanor, Costner is about as charming as a tree. Gone are the days where he can plausibly seduce Susan Sarandon on a table or Madeline Stowe with a lemon. Now, he's just like the chubby slob he portrayed in his golf loser flick, Tin Cup. There is simply no ounce...

Author: By Judy P. Tsai, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: love in a bottle | 2/12/1999 | See Source »

...Orphan benefited from a few Wyant mistakes to win the first game 15-13, but the competition had just begun. Wyant used a devastating combination of hard-hitting and soft touch to confuse Orphan and win second game, 15-11. In the third game, Wyant kept a very calm demeanor and edged Orphan again...

Author: By Josh Dienstag, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Squash Gets Back on Track vs. Amherst | 2/11/1999 | See Source »

Unlike the Veritones' black-tie dress and dignified performing demeanor--the Harvard standard--other groups featured overalls and red shirts and campy humor, she said...

Author: By M. DOUGLAS Omalley, | Title: Veritones Jam in Connecticut Show | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...eluded the veterans' wrath, even one of Birk's more brash and publicized NFL classmates, Rookie of the Year Randy Moss. Moss' extremely confident demeanor has been the talk of the league as of late. The Moss media frenzy has taught Birk a thing or two about handling himself...

Author: By J. MITCHELL Little, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Star Birk Adjusts to NFL | 2/4/1999 | See Source »

...demeanor, as venerably core as it is, is somewhat belied by a business degree and a P&G-like devotion to building his brand. Volcom advertises in all the leading niche sports magazines, and Woolcott further infuses his brand with coreness by sponsoring--for as much as $100,000 a year--alternative-sports stars such as skateboarder Rune Glifberg and snowboarder Terje Haakonsen. As a result, Volcom commands almost universal respect throughout the bro-brah network, as Kwok calls Velcro Valley's web of business connections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Killer Profits In Velcro Valley | 1/25/1999 | See Source »

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