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...before he leaves for the office at 5 a.m., and recently he has taken on the added job of writing and delivering the news on Today, a chore that used to be handled by Floyd Kalber. Brokaw's drawback rather is something he cannot do much about: his frosty demeanor. It is a failing that he readily admits--and dismisses. Says he: "When you're on for two hours, five days a week, if you try to be something that you are not, it will show through." --TIME...
While Lewis does not possess Jewett’s friendly and outgoing demeanor, he has translated his compulsion to write into a means of keeping in touch with the College community...
Helder's views may explain his placid demeanor when he was taken into custody on charges that could land him in prison for life. He told FBI agents the bombings were meant to draw an enormous smiley face across the map of the U.S. The first clusters of bombs in Illinois and Iowa and the second cluster in Nebraska (which were not set to explode) made up the eyes; the mouth was to run from Colorado through Texas and beyond. Helder dropped the project, he said, because he was gripped by a sudden urge to see the Pacific Ocean...
Students who have met with Summers in more formal situations to discuss matters of policy, like Latino studies and undergraduate education, criticize his demeanor. Latino studies advocate Luis S. Hernandez, a graduate student at the Divinity School who co-chairs Concilio Latino, told a Crimson reporter, “He wouldn’t make eye contact-that’s disrespectful.” The other student in that same meeting, Maribel Hernandez ’04, the president of RAZA (not related to Luis), described how Summers had his feet on a table as he toyed with...
...enjoyed the tribute to Elizabeth, the Queen Mother [APPRECIATION, April 8]. Thank you for your effort on behalf of this beautiful grandmother who reminds me of mine, in looks as well as demeanor--though not in the number of jewels or horses she owned! BEN F. MARTIN Holly Springs, Miss...