Word: demeanors
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...instance, that are not clearly visible from a strip joint in Soho. But John David Morley, 37, never pretends to have found all there is to learn about Japan. He simply notices, as have others, that the drinking behavior of Japanese males is looser than the polite but evasive demeanor they customarily display. The Westerner who can inconspicuously swim along with these schools of nightly revelers will almost certainly see much that is barred to casual or sober tourists. Morley did so and managed to keep his head clear enough to bring back a number of shady moments from...
...Gorbachev's substantive positions was his tone. The Soviet leader who met Shultz last week was not at all the affable crowd pleaser who toured London, Paris and Soviet farms and factories; he was a tough executive used to dominating a discussion. One American described the Soviet chief's demeanor as "intellectually curious, vigorous, active, articulate, argumentative, self-assured, occasionally impulsive." Suspicious too. According to Shultz, Gorbachev "suggested all that happens results from a conspiracy of the [U.S.] military and Big Business." Another American official reported Gorbachev seemed convinced that U.S. policy "was heavily influenced by a small circle...
...affable, conservative former Governor with a reputation for cutting taxes. No, not Ronald Reagan, but Reagan's choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Otis ("Doc") Bowen. As two-term Governor of Indiana from 1973 to 1981, the diminutive (5 ft. 5 in.) Bowen, 67, maintained the gentle demeanor of a country doctor while running the state in the "less government is more" tradition, cutting taxes and leaving Indiana with some of the paltriest welfare benefits in the U.S. Reagan appointed him to replace HHS Secretary Margaret Heckler, who was pushed out to become Ambassador to Ireland...
...humble demeanor at the Brattle reading reveals that he’s taking it in stride, however, thanking his lucky stars for letting him be a writer and ignoring most critics in favor of following his own admittedly ambiguous literary agenda...
...Donald Regan and Director of Communications Patrick Buchanan are more prone to bluntness. Though Speakes' access to senior presidential aides has improved over the past few months, he has not developed the public relations finesse of a Baker or Deaver. His fuse remains shorter than his good ole boy demeanor suggests. He also allows himself to be annoyed too easily by those correspondents who seem to specialize in baiting officials. With the Great Communicator still on the mend, the testiness that Speakes displays in suffering reporters, fools or otherwise, could crimp the ability of the White House...