Word: demeanor
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...newspaper that I read,” she asserts. Sincerely, of course. Whitton has an air of sincerity about her, with California-girl freckles and strawberry-blonde hair, she hails from what she calls a “conservative, Orange County family.” But underneath her unassuming demeanor lies an athletic powerhouse. “She is one of the most talented softball players in Harvard history,” says head coach Jenny Allard. Whitton is the tri-captain of the Harvard varsity softball team for the second year running. She pitches, plays first base and outfield...
What Halvorson doesn’t mention is that his desire to form relationships sometimes earns him a reputation as a ladies’ man. Coupled with his earnest plans to do missionary work in South America and spend time in a silent monastery, Halvorson’s introspective demeanor and direct stare can seem flirtatious. “He walks that line between the sweetest guy ever and a sketchy bastard,” Thaker says...
...science-fiction classic, based on the Stanislaw Lem novel, can't touch the 1972 film's austere poignancy, and McElhone lacks the bewitching beauty of Natalya Bondarchuk in the original Solaris. But the project's gravity and ambition can't be denied. They inform Clooney's gently grieving demeanor, the ache in his eyes, the hope against hope for a love after death. --By Richard Corliss...
Like the jeans and sandals she often wears to work, Potter's casual demeanor can be deceiving. Says Noel Tichy, a University of Michigan business professor who profiled Potter (along with CEOs like GE's Jack Welch) for his book, The Cycle of Leadership: "I've watched her with her people, and she puts them out of their comfort zone. She's not an easy person to work for if you don't want to be pushed." Yet "she never misses an opportunity to give the credit to someone else," says Claudia Estrin, a colleague of Potter's since...
...America. Wladimir has been practicing his English as diligently as he has been training. His regimen includes studying a chart of verb conjugations in his promoter's office in Hamburg, where the brothers have lived since 1996. But for all his bookish credentials and his affable, almost shy demeanor, Klitschko is also quite the performer. Like his childhood idol Muhammad Ali - whose star-studded birthday party he attended in January - Klitschko revels in showmanship, appearing at fights wearing Soviet-red Hugo Boss shorts and a malevolent grin. Still, as much as he's enjoying himself, "I don't want...