Word: demeanor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...never bustles, but she is constantly busy. Her calm demeanor almost never deserts her. When she is displeased, her expression telegraphs the clue: her warm smile vanishes, is instantly replaced by a gelid stare. She is never fussy, but her eye and ear catch the smallest details. Last month, when the old Federal Security Agency was officially christened the Department of Health. Education and Welfare and she was sworn in as Secretary, Oveta went immediately to a White House telephone to call her office. She noted with satisfaction that the operator promptly chirped "Health, Education and Welfare" instead of "Federal...
...Brit Jr. of Long Beach. Calif., who had been captured during the Bunker Hill fighting on March 26. Brit said he had parried a few Red attempts at indoctrination by asking a stream of diversionary questions. "I guess," he grinned, "they thought I was a real card." His bouncy demeanor was far from typical (see below...
...Winston Churchill, Molotov was "a man of outstanding ability and coldblooded ruthlessness . . . His cannonball head, black mustache and comprehending eyes, his slab face, his verbal adroitness and imperturbable demeanor were appropriate manifestations of his qualities and skill. He was above all men fitted to be the agent and instrument of . . .an incalculable machine...
Grave & Gay. Nature was kind and the day bloomed sunny and unseasonably balmy. The ceremony itself was brief and moving. There were some memorable sights on the neoclassic stand in front of the Capitol: Eisenhower's solemn demeanor as he repeated the 41 words which elevated him to the highest office in the world; Mamie's proud tears as she watched him take the oath; Bob Taft's stony expression as he watched another man assume the job he had sought so long; Harry Truman staring at the floor of the platform and whispering to Mamie; Bess...
...What really impressed me more than anything else was the demeanor of that large group of Harvard boys . . . with their and courteous attitude. Harvard should be proud of such a magnificent group of young...