Word: demeanor
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...main thing would be his demeanor," says Cox. 'He always spoke softly with measured speech, never raised his voice, never threatened or cajoled...
When they get to talking, G-men gripe about a certain goofiness in Sessions' demeanor. Gary Penrith, former chief of the FBI's Newark, New Jersey, office, remembers briefing Sessions on a major racketeering case. Suddenly, Penrith says, Sessions burst into song, chirping the lyrics of an old advertising jingle: "Brylcreem, a little dab will do ya." Penrith, who quit last year, regards his former boss with contempt. "He loses it," said Penrith...
...talked a few days later to my brother, a freelance writer in Washington. "Josh," he said sarcastically, "you're my spokesman." Now, this is my brother, five years older, but as close to me in ideology and demeanor as anyone I can imagine. And even he was skeptical that I could adequately represent him. If we grew up in the '60s, perhaps, he and I would find generational alliances...
...much as I loathed John Demjanjuk, I resented him more, with his impassive silence, his callous, almost bored, demeanor as he faced his accusers, his careless and demonstrably false alibi," Ryan wrote...
Clinton's demeanor on Thursday was a bit stiff, perhaps because those first nominees (save Altman) represented a generation older than his own. How different his mood on Friday, when he was surrounded by appointees whom he genuinely enjoys and who fit his vow of "a new generation of leaders." Harvard political economist Robert Reich, a Rhodes scholar with Clinton, will be Secretary of Labor. Health and Human Services went to Donna Shalala, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin and a friend of Hillary Clinton's. Another woman becomes chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers: Laura D'Andrea Tyson...