Word: mannerized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Does. Estes Kefauver, 53, looks and acts like a hulking (6 ft. 3 in., 220 lbs.), humble, approachable, kindly man. Says Minnesota Farmers Union President Ed Christianson: "It's because of his personality and the way he presents things to us. It's his speech and his manner.'' Explains Kansas Wheat Farmer Jerry Risely: "I met him in a restaurant and had a chance to talk to him. I thought he had something about him-that his words carried tremendous importance." Adds Minnesota Cattle Raiser Norman Hanson: "Stevenson doesn't come down to where...
...reform mayor of Seattle and governor. At 56, he is ending his third gubernatorial term, the longest any governor has served in the 67-year history of the Evergreen State. Like many Washingtonians, he is of Scandinavian descent, with the blue eyes and sharp nose of his ancestors. His manner is easy and sincere; his smile is warm. But the keystone of his character is a deep, uncompromising religious faith...
Trouble in the Teahouse. The new American conquerors, benevolent and paternalistic in the manner celebrated in The Teahouse of the August Moon, set up Okinawa's first university. The U.S. Government lavished funds on it and encouraged healthy contributions from private U.S. groups. Michigan State College supplied teachers and equipment. The university was soon flourishing, with 1,760 students and 125 faculty members. It flourished with trouble too. Students, probably encouraged by Japanese-educated faculty members, began to agitate for the return of the islands to Japan. Some students supported the Communist-front Okinawa People's Party, sent...
...months passed, the Londoner began to realize that what she first took for sheer insolence was often apt to grow out of a "friendly informality of manner." By the time her year in Edwardsville (pop. 6,686) was up, she and her charges had won each other over completely...
Honor More. In the Byronic manner, Char's life is part of his poetry. His first poems appeared in 1929 when he was 22. A slim volume titled Arsenal sold 26 copies; in his job as a whisky and champagne salesman, he had found less trouble disposing of his wares. Later he took over the family business (building supplies) in his native village near Avignon. It was the war that changed him from a drifter into a dedicated man, and how it happened is the subject of a diary he published under the pen name Hypnos...