Word: demeanor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Once he took possession of Uncle Walter's chair, Rather experienced a rough ride. Ratings began to dip, and CBS's image makers began tinkering with Rather's dress and demeanor. Early on, they put him in sweaters in an effort to soften his intensity. For a while, Rather tried hard to be warm and homespun, his writing full of purple prose and corny puns. (Before the start of the Reykjavik summit, he announced, "Ready, set, Gorbachev.") Later he reverted, with equal strain, to a straitlaced, sober, almost glum delivery...
HAIG. Despite his syntax-slaughtering demeanor, he knows his stuff. At one debate, all turned to him to clear up confusion about an INF detail...
Collins easily steals the show during interviews as well as the performance sequences. He covers his obvious toughness with a friendly demeanor and a sharp wit, as well as enthusiastic interest in the project. "He always seemed to know more about what I should be doing than I did," Wadsworth recalls. "He wanted to get it down. He wanted so desperately to be recognized for what he had done...
...like certain arboreal rodents and members of the ursine order, undergo peculiar physiological shifts as the nights lengthen and the weather turns cold. A pallor sets in around the cheeks and jaw, the hair becomes dishevelled, and exhaustion and bad breath replace the generally sunny, if somewhat offstandish, demeanor. As the progress continues, cause feeds on effect, creating a downward spiral of personal appearance and emotional well-being...
...wanted, of a man prepared to be conciliatory who would never give away the store. Television is no place for serious argument anyway; the eye demands distraction, and the camera zeroes in on Gorbachev's gesturing hands. Where television is unexcelled is the chance to observe a man's demeanor as he answers questions that he has not seen in advance...