Word: demeanors
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...aunt's sanguine demeanor is a lesson that I will carry in my mind from now on. Unpleasant events are out of human control, and it is necessary to accept the good along with the bad. As the protagonist of the unsuccessful existential comedy, “I Heart Huckabees,” remarks, "No manure, no magic...
Nothing can rattle the cool, calm demeanor of Shoichi Nakagawa as quickly as mention of Japan's World War II abuses committed against "comfort women" -those citizens of captive Asian nations forced into prostitution by the Japanese military. The conservative No. 3 man in Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) can't hide his annoyance at the resolution, currently nearing a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives, calling on Japan's Prime Minister to fully apologize for its role in abusing the "comfort women...
...ahead of the pack in recent Iowa polls, a consequence of television advertising - he was on the air in Iowa before any of his competitors - and his strong debate performances. He has the money to play big in the Iowa straw poll this August. He has a perfectly Republican demeanor, sunny and businesslike, and a perfectly Republican stump speech. He tells a Chamber of Commerce lunch in Rochester, N.H., about how he successfully applied business principles like "strategic auditing" to the problems of Massachusetts. And then he hits the Reaganite stations of the cross: "I believe Republican policies will strengthen...
With a kind smile and bright demeanor, Emily K. Vasiliauskas ’07 doesn’t seem a likely match for the cryptic, tenebrous Paul Celan, a mid 20th-century German-Jewish poet who famously wrote works about the Holocaust. Nonetheless, her thesis explored what she terms “ineffability as a philosophical problem” in Celan’s work, or “how to talk about what you can’t talk about.”As a co-Editor-in-Chief of The Harvard Gamut, a poetry editor on Persephone...
...excellent, and their subtle contributions bestow an overtly professional and polished quality to the film. Cinematographer David Frazee guides the camera expertly to capture the natural beauty of Vancouver and the isolating qualities of urban life. The soundtrack is up to date and appropriately paced, accentuating the funky demeanor of the plot while moving the film between scenes. “Everything’s Gone Green” combines typical independent film components into a unique and pleasing package that entertains and pushes the correct intellectual buttons. The ensemble effort successfully meshes thoughtful artistic film elements with honestly funny...