Word: taciturnly
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...what about Pinter the man? In his speech of thanks on being awarded the David Cohen British Literature Prize in 1995, he acknowledged, "I am well aware that I have been described ... as enigmatic, taciturn, terse, prickly, explosive and forbidding." Yet colleagues say his reputation as the angry old man of British theater is unfair, even if he did turn down a knighthood from Prime Minister John Major saying, "I would not accept such recognition from a Conservative government." "He's passionate, with a very short fuse," says Hall, "but he's also extremely warm and kind." Ian Holm recalls...
...entrance to the mining area is staffed by a couple of heavily beribboned paratroopers in full uniform. Tamban only smiles again and doesn't reply when asked about the paratroopers. Others are less shy. "The security at Talawaan was set up by the military," says Daniel Limbong, a taciturn university professor who heads one of the few nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) working to contain the damage at Talawaan. "They take money, of course." It is a cozy arrangement. And a lucrative one, too. According to a recently completed report compiled by Dames and Moore, the area's illegal miners produce...
...seems to have the master reel already filmed and locked away in his head. "I don't start shooting until I know exactly how every scene will look," he says. And he's not exaggerating. He delights in the minutiae of his vision. The rhythm. The angles. His taciturn bearing vanishes as he pantomimes the way his camera will trace the edge of Jet Li's sword or follow a tear down Cheung's cheek. When Cheung complains that he makes her cry too often, he counters, "Nothing moves me more than the sight of a woman crying onscreen...
...Landry 75 The taciturn Texan coached Dallas' Cowboys to 270 wins...
...From the start, it was an energetic session; the Justices (other than the always taciturn Thomas and the unusually quiet Rehnquist) peppered Bush attorney Ted Olson with pointed questions. First up: Why is this case a federal issue? Justice Kennedy, widely considered one of three possible "swing votes," along with Rehnquist and O'Connor, was particularly concerned about whether the Court should consider the case...