Word: demeanor
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...Despite the attendant drama, Sauls maintained his no-nonsense demeanor as he passed down the ruling; he read through his decision without ceremony, then adjourned the court and promptly left the room...
...Trout changed in personality and demeanor less over the 57 years I knew him than any other friend I ever had. If you knew him once, you knew him forever...
...luck, enjoys perfect health. And we mean perfect. The guy never even gets the sniffles. He is, to borrow this film's perfectly descriptive title, Unbreakable. Moreover, under Price's possibly prompting gaze, he develops a talent for spotting criminals before they actually commit a crime. Despite his modest demeanor and circumstances, Dunn has the potential to be a superhero working the real-life streets of Philadelphia...
...Welcome to the Senate, Senator Dole." Even West Virginia Democrat Robert Byrd, who had opposed Daschle's initial ascent to leader, renominated him for the post in 1996. Said he: "I was totally wrong about this young man. He has steel in his spine, despite his reasonable and modest demeanor...
...coloratura were being goosed. But Allen was no more wacky and zany than Steve Martin (who parodied Allen's song "Impossible" by singing "It's impossible/To stick an airplane up your nose/Yes, it's impossible") was wild and crazy. Few comics did Steve Allen impressions; his demeanor was too straight, too assured, abnormally normal. He needed glasses, so, what the heck, he wore glasses. They became not just his trademark but, on the covers of many books and albums, his logo. They suggested the high school teacher aura he projected, the hidden pedagogue who unmasked himself in his more didactic...