Word: mannered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Chung may only be 20-years-old but already he has the manner and momentoes of a well-heeled professional. On the wall a framed picture of Chung and Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kan.) serves as a reminder of his days as a regional coordinator for the Republican leader and presidential candidate. Side-by-side with this political relic are the ski posters and maps from Chung's days, seven years ago as a student ski tour packager--the business in which Chung got his start. Next to these relics is the nerve center of his current enterprise...
...overdecorated many a characterization, here serve to heighten a shrewdly earthbound interpretation. Her Arcati is not dotty or otherworldly. She is a coarse, calculating businesswoman, a vulgar social climber, a tiresome, self-absorbed frump who just happens to be a medium with the gift of raising the dead. Her manner is so much the grasping fraud that the audience is stunned when she delivers the goods. Indeed, she is stunned herself: there are few funnier sights than Page striding across the stage in pursuit of a ghost whose presence she senses but cannot see, snuffling at the wraith's ectoplasm...
...ballet and over two dinners, Thatcher found herself debating not just Gorbachev but also his wife Raisa. Unlike the spouses of most world leaders, the Soviet First Lady has not hesitated to become a full participant in matters of substance. Indeed, her forthrightness, in sharp contrast to the manner of her predecessors, may yet prove troublesome for Gorbachev. Last week the New York Times reported that Raisa is the subject of an unflattering underground videotape that depicts her as a vain and extravagant clotheshorse given to stocking up on jewelry and other boutique luxuries during trips to the West...
Reagan's criticism of the manner in which security was handled at the embassy was the strongest...
...wanted to insure that seniors would be able to unwind in the manner they have in the past," Grossman said. He said that the party hosts will be in charge of distributing the schedule...