Word: demeanors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Still, Cox is not to be discounted, because there is a prevailing opinion that Harvard needs such a man: A distinguished older president who through sheer prestige and demeanor might hold the university together for five or six more years while it straightens itself...
Daily Lessons. Said the elated defense attorney, Theodore Koskoff: "The judge was fair, the jury was fair, and, in this case, a black revolutionary was given a fair trial." Equally pleased was Judge Harold M. Mulvey, whose calm demeanor and evenhanded rulings became daily lessons on how well the judicial system can work. Mulvey told the jurors that they had shown "the whole wide world" how earnest they had been about returning a fair verdict. Kingman Brewster, whose remarks in April provoked hot arguments, was silent last week. "Absolutely no comment," he said. "And no comment on my no comment...
...Kahn's production. Roberta Max-well has softened the character of Helena from the Women's Liberation aggressiveness the play wright probably intended. Miss Maxwell is pert and pretty; and she introduces into her demeanor touches of self-doubt that make her a warmer and more sympathetic person and take the edge off her duplicitous scheming. When she first appears before the King she does not curtsy but instead prostrates herself for an unconscionable length of time before the throne. Shaw would not have liked that. Coleridge proclaimed that Helena is Shakespeare's "loveliest character...
Pusey's choice of words seemed strange because he gives the impression of having a gentle demeanor. To hear him talking about "self-righteous zealots" and "starry-eyed radicals" seemed like language incongruent with the man himself. His judgment that one per cent of the undergraduates are responsible for most of the student demonstrations, and that the CRR might be able to weed them out, was reminiscent of the Joe McCarthy-type thinking against which Pusey fought so hard...
...vindictive, bitchy noblewoman, requires a strong coloratura-type voice and a commanding stage presence, and Andrea Goodzeit provided both of these. Her voice had a pure yet vibrant timbre which eclipsed all of the other singers. She is a fine stage actress as well as a singer, and her demeanor was well suited to the role. similarly, Deborah Ward, as Yum-Yum, the child bride, had complete control of the character, although her voice was at times weak...