Word: demeanor
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...Today is the best day of my ski racing career," Street told the 22,000 people who came to see Tuesday's event. "And it's all because of you." Street's easy demeanor has brought her legions of fans and some $1.5 million in endorsements, according to Forbes Magazine. She seems sublimely comfortable with TV cameras and photographers' long-range lenses recording every poignant moment with her family and friends, moments most people would like to keep private...
...heavy manual labor--a common problem among former inmates, who, because of their intimate history with violence and needles, tend to have far more medical problems than average Americans. He responded to an ad in the paper for a bathroom-attendant firm in Manhattan. Impressed by Sanders' demeanor, the interviewer said his record was no problem. But the jobs were off the books, a forbidden arrangement under his parole conditions. He paid for a security-guard training course and aced the test, only to find out later that security firms don't like to hire felons...
...Sending thank-you notes is becoming a lost art," mourns Mary Mitchell, a syndicated columnist known as "Ms. Demeanor" and author of six etiquette books. In her view, each generation, compared with the one before, is losing a sense of consideration for other people. "Without respect," she says, "you have conflict...
...Demeanor would be proud of me: I have figured out a way to ensure that my children always send thank-you notes. And such a gesture is important, says Ms. Demeanor, because "a grateful attitude is a tremendous life skill, an efficient and inexpensive way to set ourselves apart in the work force and in our adult lives. Teach your children that the habit of manners comes from inside--it's an attitude based on respecting other people...
...Laskar jihad was founded in 2000 by an unassuming Islamic teacher named Ja'far Umar Thalib. A 40-year-old from the east Java heartland of Indonesian Islam, Ja'far's mild demeanor disguises a fierce devotion to what he sees as the plight of Muslims in Indonesia. Like many of Southeast Asia's radical Muslims, he spent several years in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the mid-1980s, both studying and fighting against the Soviet invasion. (Ja'far says he met Osama bin Laden then, but was unimpressed: "He couldn't even read the Koran without stumbling...