Word: demeanor
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...From freshman football, I remember banging repeatedly against a tall, immovable tackle with a modest demeanor who made the varsity and played in 1947, 1948 and 1949. He had a red crew cut and had been captain at some school called St. Marks. His name was Doug Bradlee...
What's more, celebrations help a team maintain a generally loose demeanor, and teams don't play well when they are stressed out. How many times have you heard a coach or player tell the media, "We've gotta play loose tonight?" It's a clich, but a valid one. And what better way to stay loose than to clown around a bit after a touchdown...
...pain only spoiled her pleasant demeanor when she steps between the white lines. Nobody competed more fiercely than Abeles...
Many of Rudenstine's colleagues also praised his personal touch as an administrator and his self-effacing demeanor--long admired by administrators and alumni alike...
...rogue with the shag hairdo and glittery eye shadow sucking on a kumquat while boasting to his friends that he'd worn "everything Comme des Garons" in honor of the occasion and the older gentleman with a serious dark suit festooned with flaming red slippers enlivened the bland demeanor of an audience mostly clad in stuffy black apparel or Harvard student Abercrombie gear. The former was understandable; after all, "Rei invented black as a color," as we were later told by one of the speakers. Thank God she has forayed into colors of a brighter nature, offering hopeful hints...