Word: demeanor
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...turning out to be a very different trial, with key pieces of evidence, including the bloody shoe prints, and the time line being cast in an entirely new light. Rulings by Superior Court Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki--who has been nicknamed the anti-Ito for his decisive, suffer-no-fools demeanor--have also caused significant shifts in strategy. Last week, for example, Fujisaki ruled that videotapes of former Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman's testimony could not be shown to jurors, while earlier rulings have made it difficult for the defense to offer alternate scenarios of a police conspiracy...
Despite all the seeming inconsistencies, Simpson gave off an overall sense of being in control, if a bit weary, by the end of the day. His friend Leo Terrell says, "His demeanor at lunch after three hours of being on the stand was just like he is any other day." And when Petrocelli finishes up, Simpson enters friendlier waters with his own defense attorneys, who will allow him to give his version of his relationship with his ex-wife. If Robert Baker's opening statement is any indication, Simpson will portray Nicole as a volatile, unstable woman who began associating...
Rangel, with his familiar raspy voice and diamond-in-the-rough demeanor, has 26 years under his belt as the Harlem Congressman who succeeded Adam Clayton Powell. He has done enough TV to gain national stature, and has the House seniority to be a contender to chair the mighty Ways and Means Committee. Rangel's longstanding priority is bringing education, jobs and job training to his district so that Harlem can again be the flourishing community...
...demeanor reflects the quality that accrues after years of study of a serious problem," Gates says...
DIED. BILL MONROE, 84, singer, mandolin virtuoso and father of bluegrass music; in Springfield, Tennessee. Distinguished by the mutton-chop sideburns and chiseled demeanor that gave him the aura of a patriarch from another century, Monroe was one of those rare artists who sired a musical genre. In 1938 he formed his first band, calling it the Blue Grass Boys after his home state, Kentucky. The group soon took on the bluegrass configuration of mandolin, fiddle, guitar, bass and banjo, paired with the near-falsetto harmonies that Monroe called his "high, lonesome sound." Bluegrass lives on across the country, including...