Word: mannerism
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...tracks likewise skillfully utilize vocal talents: the deeper, twangier timbre of Jay Farrar enhances songs like “Low Life Kingdom.” The song, which details the depths of Kerouac’s alcohol- and madness-induced depression, puts Farrar’s gritty, alt-country manner to good use. When he wails “I’m gonna die in full despair / and wake up where the atmosphere / is dearer and maybe closer to heaven,” one senses the raw desperation of a man on the edge of sanity...
When Epstein visited Samuels years ago, he would spend time talking to Samuels and reassure him with a pat on the back that “everything was going to be alright”—a bedside manner that Samuels says he still uses with his patients today...
...used more than 70 different players in his squad over 13 matches (at a moment when most of his rivals in other countries are close to settling on the final 23 players they'll take to South Africa) had fans miffed and the press questioning his judgment in a manner unthinkable during his heyday...
...knowledge, he was a dedicated scientist whose manner would give you no clue he was a spy. He was a very solid scientist." - Craig Covault, editor at large for SpaceFlightNow.com, who interviewed Nozette multiple times during his 36 years covering the aerospace industry (the Washington Times...
...driving force behind something as momentous as the Chongqing trials is close to impossible. But local media reports have singled out Chongqing party secretary Bo Xilai for praise. Bo was appointed to administer the sprawling municipality of nearly 30 million in August 2008. Known for his imperious manner and impeccable revolutionary lineage (his father was one of the so-called "eight immortals" of the party, its senior-most leaders), Bo had established a reputation for anti-corruption drives in the showcase city of Dalian when he was party secretary there. Though reports say the Chongqing investigation was under way prior...