Word: mien
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...gambler, whose olive mien was a little too sleek to inspire trust at once, was enchanted by this garrulous bartender, whose words and wit were of an unusual facility. He liked the combination of heartiness and sly insinuation, and furthermore Tammen was one of those creatures so awe-inspiring to high-livers, a bartender who despised drink. The gambler took a chance and told his own history...
...take the floor, read rapidly the formula of compromise arrived at by secret negotiations among the Great Powers and drafted in its final form early last week by the Council commission created for that purpose (TIME, Sept. 6). Those present remarked that Viscount Ishii's purring syllables, impassive mien and gestureless delivery suggested a Buddhist deity bringing to Christians surcease from strife. As the last word was uttered, M. Benes darted a keen glance about the horseshoe-shaped Council table: "There are no objections? Then the resolution is adopted...
...unto one John Kostva, Polish senator and Lord of Zakroczym was born a manchild, the second of seven babes. Six had the innocent mien common to all infants, but Stanislas' round countenance shone with a piety known only to cherubim and seraphim. He grew up, studied at Vienna, there early displayed beatific proficiency. Said his brother Paul: "He devoted himself to spiritual things so completely that he frequently became unconscious. . . . This happened at home to my brother when he was seated at the table. . . ." Then Paul, vexed, maltreated Stanislas who answered, "Your rough treatment will end in my going...
...long ago to entertain young Baron George Exter Friedrich von Krupp, heir apparent to the vast Krupp works at Essen. The Baron was no mustachioed warlord but, on the contrary, save for his short-clipped blond hair and "der's" for "the's," differed little in mien from a U. S. college undergraduate. He conversed readily, fluently; talked of sport, history, politics; reminisced modestly of his grandfather; spoke of his mother, famed and able Bertha Krupp, with restrained admiration and affection. Then he would sigh for his oppressed people, adding that Germany nevertheless was trying to forget...
...Juliana's third class travels, camping, scrubbing. At the Hague the palace occupied by Princess Juliana and Queen Wilhelmina is an unadorned whitewashed wooden house. Not so the residence of the Queen Mother. There pomp abides. Immaculate sentries pace before her door. When she rides out her mien is regal...