Word: demeanors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Herrnstein, besides being lauded for his groundbreaking research and open classroom demeanor, was also an active "University citizen," Knowles said...
...prosperity and domestic tranquillity. The West, to which many of these new nations optimistically looked for salvation, has been both parsimonious and sanctimonious -- long-winded on advice about the ABC's of capitalism, short on change when it came to providing financial support. The disenchantment has altered the national demeanor of these prodigal states. After taking a new look at their Soviet past, some have tempered their defiance and long for the ! economic stability -- though not the Russification and political repression -- of U.S.S.R. days. Perhaps the most dramatic evidence of new thinking about the old union came last week, when...
Dragons are created in great rivers and sprawling lakes, storm clouds and typhoons. Only such sources are expected to produce their imperious demeanor and withering hauteur. And yet every so often, out of an ordinary wellspring, a dragon claws its way into the world...
...Crimson always showed her in demure, ladylike poses [see photo, right]. But on the council that Maya Prabhu describes, the tension between aggressive and feminine could put her in a bind. While she tried to navigate her goals through the council's hierarchy, Prabhu ran up against her appearance, demeanor, and gender--learning, for example, that she had won a secret "contest" for being the council's "sexiest and classiest dresser...
Foster praised Kent's patience and calm demeanor, especially during the medical school application process...