Word: mannered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Peabody Terrace is weathered and crumbling now, and Graham has taken on the more diplomatic manner of a 12-year state representative and 18-year Cambridge city councillor...
That job description could apply to only one person: John Sasso, 41, the shrewd political operative with an engaging smile and an easy pat-on-the-back manner. For eleven months Sasso had been in purgatory, defrocked as Dukakis' campaign manager for his role in preparing the plagiarism videotape that helped drive Joseph Biden out of the Democratic race. Dukakis had promised that Sasso would play no further role in his campaign. But each time Dukakis stumbled there were new rumors of a resurrection. Last week, as the overconfidence of August gave way to the desperation of September, the summons...
Gorbachev's strategy should elicit neither shock nor dismay. He is simply pursuing his country's interests in the most economical manner possible. This is not cynicism. This is realism. No need for us to be scandalized. Just forewarned, and perhaps a bit envious. Would that our leaders had his foresight and command...
...Pakistan with neither a strong military leader nor a functioning civilian government. For the future, the man to watch is General Mirza Aslam Baig, 57, whom Ishaq Khan appointed to be the new army chief of staff, Pakistan's most powerful military post. A quiet man with an aloof manner, Baig is described by those who know him as a professional soldier with no political ambitions. Baig attended the tank trials along with Zia but had to make another stop on the way to Rawalpindi and therefore returned on a different plane. Unlike some other generals, Baig treated Junejo...
...Bush and Reagan. People are swayed by Reagan's personal charm. That's part of the greatness of Reagan. George Bush will achieve greatness, but it's not going to be the same way as Reagan. He doesn't have that engaging speaking manner, and there is no use trying to project it if it's not there...