Word: mannerize
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Except for his name and party affiliation, Al Gore has now changed just about everything a struggling candidate can change: clothes, consultants, message, manner. But his campaign theme song--the cheesy tune that blares at every Gore 2000 event--still needs work. He started with Shania Twain's Rock This Country, but it only reminded people that the country isn't rocking for him. Since shelving Shania, Gore has used the soul anthem Love Train--a call to unity that rings hollow with Democrats still divided about the nomination. But there's hope. At the New Hampshire "town hall" forum...
Very rarely do I read anything that justifies writing a letter to the editor. However, William P. Bohlen's piece on Max Patkin (Sports, Nov. 3) was a delight. Bohlen depicted Patkin and his antics in a vivid and nostalgia-provoking manner. Even those who had never seen his performance--which I consider myself fortunate to have done on several occasions--could truly picture one of baseball's "greats." I wish mainstream media sources had taken the same time that you obviously did. Nice work...
Last night, the architect told an audience of about 80 that he particularly prizes his ability to use "age-old material in a contemporary manner...
...network lawyers in New York City. They speak in genial or condoling tones; they have only the best interests of their corporations at heart and truly hope you see it their way. Otherwise they'll crush you. Brown & Williamson CEO Thomas Sandefur (played by Michael Gambon) has a manner as smooth as the draw of a Kool menthol into the lungs, and every bit as toxic. A CBS attorney (Gina Gershon) softly, crisply tells the lords of 60 Minutes that they must submit to a higher authority--Mammon. The byline is nothing compared to the bottom line...
...words you choose to make sure that you're moving the ball down the field on behalf of the team that you're a part of. That can come across as stiffness and inauthenticity. I'm not saying that's all of it. I think I have a formal manner. But the easiest thing in the world for me is just to react spontaneously and tell you what's in my heart about whatever you want to discuss...