Word: demeanor
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...host has acknowledged he occasionally mangles an unfamiliar name or movie title (the Japanese director Kon Ichikawa came out "Ron Ichikawa," the French film La Terre was La Ter-ray); he once said that Stephen Sondheim emails him when he catches an Osborne gaffe. But his avuncular or grandpaternal demeanor puts the home audience at ease even as it charms the celebrities he chats with. Weekend afternoons go to Ben Mankiewicz, third-generation Hollywood royalty and a slightly spikier presence, who has also done a few trips to such old L.A. monuments as Musso & Frank's restaurant and a star...
...constructed for the event by local Tibetans. He spoke casually and conversationally to the audience, giving the speech an “intimate feeling,” in the words of Cristina Y. Remond, a first-year student at the Divinity School. Despite his light-hearted and easy-going demeanor, the Dalai Lama’s message was a serious—and uniting—one. “Mentally, emotionally, physically we are the same,” the Dalai Lama said. “Therefore on that level we can communicate easily.” He emphasized...
...wavers and her hands are in constant motion as she explains her research on medieval China. Though the walls of her office on the second floor of the Harvard-Yenching Library are lined with all sorts of heavy volumes—in both Chinese and English—her demeanor is light and unpretentious...
...defeat to having raised barely $100,000. The next time he ran, in 2002, Davis had become adept at raising money, benefitting from donations from American Jewish groups concerned about Hilliard's views on Israel. Much of the African-American political establishment derided Davis as an elitist whose polished demeanor, Ivy League credentials and prosecutorial record made him inauthentically black. But this time, he won. One of the first congratulatory calls he received came from Obama, then an obscure Illinois state senator plotting his own U.S. Senate bid. Though they were among a handful of black men at Harvard...
...efforts. We hope that it will fulfill its promise of providing an online platform for men who are concerned about the levels of gender inequality and violence in the world. We believe that these are the majority of men (despite what the media, tradition, or casual male demeanor might suggest). We very much encourage the participation of women on the website, as a dialogue between the sexes is of utmost importance in changing men’s perceptions of the problems at hand...