Word: demeanors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Boyd) is sent off to relatives so that the family can save money. Next his mother enters a tuberculosis sanatorium. Finally his father hits the road selling watches -- the only job he can get in the Depression. That leaves Aaron, who hides his survivor's wit under a deadpan demeanor, to fend for himself in the shabby hotel where the declassed Kurlanders have washed...
Mudge's diagnosis has been criticized by local doctors and the press. Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy tore into Mudge in a front page column Wednesday for the doctor's diagnosis and his smug demeanor during a press conference to discuss Lewis' condition...
...looking like something from a summer beach movie rather than a serious relationship. The connection between the two characters would have worked just as well with a simple friendship, but apparently the creative team felt there had to be some cheese to go along with Eastwood's cracker-like demeanor...
...women in switching between being Marvin's high school sweetheart and being one of the chorus: while Loar and Kiley are distinctive as Marvin's wife and teacher and occasionally even let those roles seep into their chorus girl functions, it seems as though Dixon lets her chorus girl demeanor overtake her role as Marvin's high school sweetheart. Her voice is strong but her character colorless...
...main message amounted to "vote for me because my opponent is a millionaire"--but they were clever and witty, and perhaps most importantly, they made Wellstone look like he was a born loser, coming from behind. The candidate looked the part: short, unattractive, with disheveled hair and a goofy demeanor. (To gain pity point, you've got to cultivate the right image; although Wisconsin candidate Russ Feingold eventually won a Senate seat, his come-from-behind ads, though similar in content to Wellstone's, were far less effective. Feingold, a visibly slick state politician, announced that he was a Rhodes...