Word: demeanors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...learned early the benefits of pretense. Perhaps not surprisingly, then, Gore's response to any problems of personal image making has been to pile further layers of artifice atop his already artificial public persona. At every appearance nowadays he uncorks a couple of self-deprecating gags about his wooden demeanor; he delivers them--surprise--woodenly. He has made gimmicky, scripted appearances on late-night TV. Far worse, however, he has taken a cue from his boss and dived headlong into the politics of moral exhibitionism--trying to convince the public that he feels its pain by exposing his own. When...
Stallone has long been underestimated because of his thick speech and droopy demeanor. But his Cop Land colleagues speak of him with fond admiration. "Sly's a smart guy," Mangold attests. "He has a strong script instinct about how to hit the important beats of the scene." Stallone also knew how the film could help him. "Sly wanted to be with other real actors and feel alive in a dramatic scene," Mangold says. "I think this was not so much a career move for Sly as a personal decision to want to feel the joy of making a film...
Cohen agrees, but that's just one of the reasons he chose Shelton to succeed the current Chairman, Army General John Shalikashvili, who retires in October. Another is Shelton's squeaky-clean demeanor, which became a prerequisite after the Defense Secretary was forced to abandon his first choice for the job, Air Force General Joseph Ralston, because of the disclosure that the general had had an affair more than a decade ago. This time Cohen knew he needed a winner. After just six months as the lone Republican in Clinton's Cabinet, Cohen was already being typed as too timid...
Despite this logorrhea of lamentations, our political leaders are reluctant to apply this apologetic demeanor to their own conduct. Never once has the President said, "I am sorry about the way we raised money for my 1996 campaign." Instead, he has resorted to bizarre arguments like claiming that the White House coffees were designed to assuage his loneliness. Soon Clinton will be reduced to blaming the whole thing on Libyan hit squads...
...react during the testimony of the victims last week. While others wept, he sat at the defense table in his impassive pose, with his chin resting on his hands. Lawyers and spectators were shocked that McVeigh remained so unmoved, and the jury may also have been affected. "McVeigh's demeanor matters," said Larry Pozner, a veteran defense attorney in Denver. "The jurors see everything and forget nothing. The demeanor of Timothy McVeigh will be weighed...