Word: scowlingly
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...play, Duncan, the hospice’s awkward and idealistic young social director, good naturedly enters Mr. Plumb’s room and, upon seeing him, tries to lift his spirits by saying, “Come on, Mr. Plumb, don’t just sit there and scowl. What do you want to do today?” “Die!” responds Plumb without missing a beat. The nursing home is further populated by a host of colorful, if mildly stereotypical, characters. There is Sarah, Mr. Plumb’s flaky and neglected daughter, determined...
...Nixon talks, the mannerisms for which he has often been burlesqued start to crop up. Yet in his presence the sudden scowl, the self-administered hug are not only not funny; they do not seem at all spasmodic or out of joint with what he is saying. He is 72, and perhaps his mannerisms have grown less pronounced over the years. But here he is speaking about things with which he feels supremely comfortable, history and diplomacy, and the comfort shows in his face and body...
Even now that I’m here I still receive the occasional scowl when I mention my hometown or go for a run along the Charles in blue and white. In the end, at least I chose Harvard—I could never go to a second rate institution...
This could be a problem," said Hughes, watching the first debate from a black-curtained boiler room backstage. It was hardly the knockout punch the Bush team had hoped for. Instead, as the debate unfolded, Bush looked more and more ... well, undone. With each smirk and scowl and shake of his head, the President ratified every charge John Kerry had made about his stubbornness and inability to admit mistakes. He not only looked cranky but he sounded it, shearing off his answers, forgetting the more expansive and compelling explanations he routinely gave on the stump. As the squalls continued, Hughes...
...last week's debate in Tempe, Ariz., itwasladies' night. George W. Bush traded in his scowl for a disciplined smile that analysts said was meant to seem less angry to female voters. John Kerry vowed that his minimum-wage proposal would help "9.2 million women who are trying to raise their families." Moderator Bob Schieffer ended the debate by asking what these husbands, each the father of two daughters, had learned from the "strong women" in their lives...