Word: demeanors
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...fundamental fairness to the Vice President to let the investigation take its course, free of the pervasive current atmosphere of a kangaroo trial by 'undisclosed sources.' Vice President Agnew has conducted himself with dignity in recent weeks. He deserves the nation's respect for his demeanor in this unprecedented situation...
...result was a marked contrast in the demeanor of host and guest. Shadowed by Watergate, Nixon often seemed subdued and ill at ease, anxious to stick to the schedule and limit the hoopla. Brezhnev, though largely kept out of public range for security reasons, acted when he had an audience like a back-slapping drummer. He took every opportunity to clown for photographers, converse with reporters and mix with folks, chatting and shaking hands. There were moments when the President of the U.S. almost found himself shunted to the sidelines, and on one occasion Nixon observed...
...Ceiling is Another Man's Floor" reexplores sentiments first heard on Paul Simon, but the song's musical demeanor is better than "Everything Put Together." Like "Loves Me Like a Rock," the arrangement is simple, a twelve bar shuffle variation featuring the Muscle Shoals rhythm section. The wrinkle is a descending piano theme that begins and ends the song, as well as reflecting the song's lyrical mood...
...lovers, are both adequate to their tasks. They are languidly effete, though Zinsser is perhaps too effeminately so. And both appear to be enjoying themselves thoroughly. Sweeping onto the stage like a cold draught of air, Mary Ennis as Gwendolyn's imposing mother rivals her daughter's haughty demeanor. The actors taking the smaller parts, who vary in quality, all face the uninspiring task of being tasteless foils to the spicier coterie of leading characters...
...compromise, Nixon said that he would let some aides be questioned personally, but not un der oath and not in public. Yet Ervin in sists that, if the truth about Watergate is to emerge, the public - and not just a few Senators - has the right to "observe the demeanor of the witnesses and to judge their credibility...