Word: temperamental
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The mingling of face and temperament raises the question of whether the two co-evolve or one produces the other. Was John Kerry's hangdog face responsible for his sodden campaigning? Did Richard Nixon grow his shadowy stubble, or did his shadowy stubble grow him? The British weekly New Scientist...
This choleric temperament would define Cleese's post-Flying Circus personality: as Basil Fawlty in his Fawlty Towers sitcom; as the martinet sergeant in the film of Peter Nichols' Privates on Parade; and, right now, in Spamalot, as the Voice of God. When Arthur cravenly compliments Him on the notion...
With a CPA's gray suit and harried face, Black built a fan base as a commentator on The Daily Show. This HBO hour displays his grousing wit and splenetic temperament in full fulmination as he rails against the world and the heavens too. (He's no fan of the...
Ascending to the stage brought about no change in his temperament. Crouched over the keyboard, he leaned heavily on his chords, pressing his weight into them as he murmured into the microphone. Later, he would go on to play a near-perfect set, surpassing expectations and revealing a few surprising...
Or sometimes you don't. Rare among fashion's top brass is Patrizio Bertelli of Prada Group, who does not have an M.B.A., uses only Italian in a multilingual peer group and has a fiery temperament. Bertelli has proved brilliant at steering the Prada and Miu Miu brands with his...