Word: demeanors
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...When reporters accosted him at his Virginia home while he was emptying garbage, Quayle reacted with evident anger ("I'm getting a little bit indignant about one bum rap after another . . .") but sounded petulant rather than persuasive. His self-confidence has grown since then, though his overeager, puppet-like demeanor still reminds some critics of Howdy Doody...
...group is a formidable one, but right now it appears that Mutter and Mullova are in the ascendancy. Mutter's gifts include a consummate control of her instrument, gleaming intonation, ripe sound and an assured, nerveless stage demeanor. They seem to have come naturally. At age nine, Mutter coolly performed a solo Bach piece for Violinist Henryk Szeryng. The Polish-born master, dressed in shirt-sleeves, first listened dispassionately. When she had finished, he walked to his closet, donned a coat and tie and announced, "Now you can say hello to Uncle Henryk." Something similar happened when...
...take the offensive gracefully. As Henry, Thomas rocks back and forth on his heels. Annie (Molly M. Hoagland) smiles coquettishly and imbues her desire for Henry in all her actions. Max (David McConaughy), the most formulated and differentiated character until then, balances a physical awkwardness with a staid demeanor. Charlotte (Leslie Powell) keeps her nose well in the air. Only rarely do the actors resort to cliched symbols of annoyance, like Powell wrenching her face or Hoagland melodramatically crossing...
...Diana epitomizes Harvard squash," sophomore Hope Nichols says. "What it represents, court demeanor and how squash should be played. She is Harvard squash...
Dole's main challenge now, as it has been for years, is to keep his dark side under control. Aides joke about his demeanor. Playing off Doonesbury's conceit that George Bush has an invisible "evil twin" Skippy, Dole staffers joke that their candidate has an invisible "happy" twin. Even after Dole knew he had won Iowa, he was slow to celebrate. When he finally accepted his victory, breaking into a genuine smile, Iowa voters must have got a special lift, having made this sad man happy for a moment. Before the week was out, the happy twin had again...