Word: mien
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...TIME's great photo of governor Palin on this week's cover should scare the Democrats. You see a strong, intelligent, attractive and determined mien, a reminder of the women pioneers who helped make the Western U.S. great. She's an ideal partner for McCain, one who will help bring this country back to the position of strength and idealism it has occupied in the world. Joe Chernicoff, Las Vegas...
TIME's great photo of Governor Palin on this week's cover should scare the Democrats. You see a strong, intelligent, attractive and determined mien, a reminder of the women pioneers who helped make the Western U.S. great. She's an ideal partner for McCain, one who will help bring this country back to the position of strength and idealism it has occupied in the world. Joe Chernicoff, LAS VEGAS...
...After all, Barack Obama had been hearing from the very same sorts of people all year. And if he had not been as successful in gaining the support of working-class Caucasians, that had been as much a consequence of their prejudices as it was of his Ivy-cool mien. His army of young idealists, the brilliant organizers who had built his campaign from the ground up in Iowa and elsewhere, had won this nomination fair and square, and his nervously proud African-American supporters - never far from tears - were every bit as moving as Clinton's suffering Caucasians...
There's nothing remotely schoolmarmish in the mien of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, but it appears he's ready to start grading papers and rapping on knuckles to keep his government in line. In the coming months, members of Sarkozy's cabinet will undergo regular evaluations by examiners from a private company assessing each one's productivity - or lack of it. The laggards in Class Sarko won't be held back the way underperforming students do; instead, they could lose their ministerial seats...
...record into the winningest team of the '80s, with three Super Bowls in seven years. Before Walsh, conventional wisdom held that NFL coaches needed a loud voice and an iron fist. Walsh was just as likely to appeal to his players' intellect. With his silver hair and professorial mien, he was nicknamed "the Genius." His main invention was the West Coast offense, a now widely practiced style of play that eschewed long passes and runs up the middle in favor of short, surgical passes that dissected countless defenses. Equally indelible was the Minority Coaching Fellowship Program, started by Walsh...