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To colleagues at Dallas-based American Airlines, Robert Crandall, 47, is one of the smartest executives in commercial aviation today, a man who, says one, "forces you to think on higher levels." He is also short-tempered and sometimes ill-mannered, a man who has a low frustration level. To...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dirty Tricks in Dallas | 3/7/1983 | See Source »

DIED. Robert Coote, 73, mannered and mustachioed British actor who originated the Broadway roles of Colonel Pickering in My Fair Lady and King Pellinore in Camelot, and who, in life as well as onstage, played to a spitting T the part of the frightfully British good fellow; in his sleep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Dec. 13, 1982 | 12/13/1982 | See Source »

Bernardin is greatly respected by his fellow American bishops, in part for his ability to work out compromises on controversial issues. Soft-spoken and mild-mannered, he has a knack of achieving his goals without causing commotion or rancor. Says a top Catholic clergyman, in admiration: "When Bernardin makes waves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bishops and the Bomb | 11/29/1982 | See Source »

When Big Jim Thompson voted on Tuesday morning, a winner's smile flashed across his broad face. Only two days before, a Gallup poll showed the bluff 6-ft. 6-in. Republican Governor leading his mild-mannered opponent, Adlai Stevenson III, by 16 points. But when Thompson went to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election '82: I thought I'd Seen Everything | 11/15/1982 | See Source »

First, Washington oldtimers cannot remember such an ill-mannered assault on a President in the august East Room under the daunting gaze of George and Martha Washington. Second, Gary Richard Arnold, the congressional candidate from Santa Cruz, Calif, (slogan: LOOKS LIKE LENIN, TALKS LIKE LINCOLN), who provoked Reagan, was the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: A Flash of Irish Flint | 10/18/1982 | See Source »

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