Word: demeanor
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...minute she is tender, singing with a lilt as soft and sweet as cotton candy. The next she drives her points home by rapping tart, in-your-face rhymes as pungent as picante salsa. Afro-British singer-songwriter Neneh Cherry, 27, exhibited this sweet yet fiery (and fervently feminist) demeanor on her memorable 1989 debut album, Raw Like Sushi. The alluring dichotomy continues on her sensational new release, Homebrew. Call it the essence of being Neneh...
...them do), half a dozen inmates drift his way. One complains about missing laundry; another asks that recreational time be extended. All are polite, but none display the eagerness of someone anxious to please. Whitley, 48, listens intently, asking occasional questions in a gravelly twang. Nothing in his courteous demeanor suggests, I am the keeper, you are the kept. "You understand that even if it's a small problem, it may be the biggest problem they have," he says later. "You don't just blow anyone...
Stephanian's style could best be described as surly service with a scowl, yet his demeanor was a significant part of the Tommy's experience. Raffi S. Bezjian, who owns Leo's Place with his brother, Richard, worked at Tommy's when he first came to the States from Armenia...
Besides their relatively tame demeanor, domestic animals make life a lot easier on food providers like Owen and Baker...
...Cornel has emerged as a master of pedagogy and intellectualism, harnessing the Black ministerial demeanor reminiscent of Martin Luther King, Jr. but with the added intellectual panache," says Kilson, who was one of West's teachers...