Word: manneredness
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The TV character, Bruckheimer says, is far removed from the real Midler, a "shy" woman who prefers cardigans and jeans to mermaid outfits and plunging bustlines. "One of her favorite expressions is 'That's unseemly,'" Bruckheimer says. "She's well mannered, a real lady." Where "Bette" frets about preserving her...
Although Jones later in his career was able to overcome the ornate encumbrances of Epic producer Billy Sherrill (think "He Stopped Loving Her Today"), he is at his best unadorned by violins and massed choruses. I also think that the early Sixties, when "Mr. Fool" was recorded, was when he...
Examples of this phenomenon abound in our popular culture. A seemingly weaker David vanquished the intimidating Goliath. Town pansy George McFly summoned his inner strength to knock out reviled bully Biff. And most clearly, Clark Kent, the mild-mannered farmboy-turned-reporter, was Superman, hero to millions in Metropolis.
Once Cheney was Bush's choice, there was no one to vet the vetter. Even if there had been, the bond had grown so strong Bush would not have wanted to see that Cheney's record lacks the compassion Bush spent a year trying to cement to the word conservative...
Posted August 1, 2000 12:15 a.m. ET There is nothing about Laura Bush that brings to mind that other political wife - the one whose name draws hisses from the generally well-mannered crowds here in Philadelphia and whose candidacy for the U.S. Senate is the object of convention-wide...