Word: demeanor
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...Upon arriving at Harvard fresh from Phillips Exeter Academy, Craig became a popular figure around campus, acquiring friends and acquaintances easily with his genuine, upbeat demeanor. “[The room] phone was constantly ringing, and we only had one phone line in the room. We were all waiting for calls from our girlfriends, but 90 percent of the time, the phone line was for Greg,” recalls Richard E. Hammond `67, one of Craig’s Leverett roommates...
...Fighter In looks and demeanor, Melton is the quintessential professor, soft-spoken and thoughtful, someone who appears more mentor than maverick. Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, he developed an early fascination with animal development; that curiosity led to a bachelor's degree in biology at the University of Illinois in 1975, then a second undergraduate degree, in the history and philosophy of science, at Cambridge University on a Marshall Scholarship. Melton remained there for his Ph.D. work, studying under Sir John Gurdon - the first to clone a frog. At Harvard, Melton teaches a frequently oversubscribed undergraduate...
...bring her to their magical empire. This has the overall effect of simplifying the plot, but it also takes away the charm of two beautiful kids falling in love on Christmas Eve. Alexandra Heier as the young Clara more than made up for this with a sweet and amiable demeanor, and effortless movements that were the epitome of grace. The same can be said of the rest of the cast of well-schooled Boston Ballet youngsters on whom the ballet rests. The Battle of the Toy Soldiers and Mice was inventively choreographed by Daniel Pelzig. The large mice and growing...
...moonfaced fellow whose modest demeanor belies his reputation as an ecumenical annoyer of special-interest groups." -TIME...
...insult. The main character change in the film is when Frost stops trying to seduce Nixon and starts quizzing him like a prosecutor. On the shows he hosted in Britain, the U.S. and Australia, Frost could certainly be toothy and unctuous. But as the actual interviews show, Frost's demeanor was skeptical. He never looks frightened or abashed, just focused on getting the goods. When he lays out the three declarations of guilt he wants Nixon to make on Watergate, he concludes, "And I think unless you say it, you're gonna be haunted for the rest of your life...