Word: manneredness
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Why? According to Seymour's official statement, "a number of serious internal office problems and questions of propriety developed as a result of Mr. Burns' conduct." Later, Seymour said he meant that Burns was "overenthusiastic" in his pursuit of polluters. Mild-mannered and bespectacled, Burns has become the...
Agreement in Principle. In fact, the Israelis wanted to make a procedural point, and they felt that it was important enough to bring the patient, mild-mannered Swede all the way from New York City. In the three-year history of the on-and-off truce negotiations, procedure has often...
Superstar reacts to the notion of Christ as that willowy young man with the far-away look in his eyes, the meek but confident son of God who, disguised as Jesus, mild-mannered converter to a great Middle-Eastern religion, preaches a never-ending sermon for Love, God, and the...
Richard Harris in the title role attempts to control a speaking voice only half viable even in shouted orations, pitiably weak in normal conversation. After his "MacArthur Park" sprint to hit parade status, Harris turned out a lamentable series of songs and albums a la Tom Jones only to find...
His smile is warm and real, he delivers unbending conservative judgments calmly and in carefully chosen language. Removed from the shorthand rhetoric of a campaign, the judgments are often buttressed by soundly reasoned arguments. Even on campuses, his personality won attention for ideas that were anathema. He holds doors open...