Word: mannerize
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...appeal—most professors, after all, can’t get the star of Caddyshack and Lost in Translation to show up unannounced at their lectures. Students and faculty alike have raved about those guests, about his vast knowledge of the filmmaking world and about a unique, lively manner in the classroom...
...little worried at the moment that it will not be debated in the open-spirited manner it deserves,” says former Dean of Undergraduate Education William M. Todd III, who says he nonetheless agrees with most of the report’s recommendations. “That is not a problem of content, but more in terms of the direction in which the community is headed...Part of it is people’s fear of where Harvard is going under President Summers...
...Kinsman says as he describes Wagoner’s decision to send a representative to Albuquerque, N.M., to try to sway the NCAA. “He served as executive chairman and literally led the corporate initiative. I think the NCAA was extremely impressed by his manner and presentation. He just does a fabulous...
...order to get the UN resolution passed in time for the G8 summit, the U.S. was forced to concede to the principle of Iraqi security forces being under Iraqi government control. That's not as much as a sacrifice as it seems; the manner in which the U.S. military has conducted itself in the wake of Fallujah and in its search for a political solution to the standoff with Sadr supporters suggests that it has no inclination now to launch large-scale offensives. Its mission, increasingly, is safeguarding Iraq's government and infrastructure until such time as those functions...
...recent event promoting the Patriot Act in Buffalo, N.Y. And the White House prevailed upon Thompson to sit near Ashcroft during his testimony before the 9/11 commission in an attempt to soften the Attorney General's hard edge with commission members, who have grown contemptuous of his imperious manner and methods. Thompson, an African American, left Justice after serving almost two years under Ashcroft. Many believe Thompson may be back and in the top job if Bush wins a second term. In Buffalo, Bush extolled Thompson's credentials before a crowd and implied that Justice needs him back. "Larry...