Word: demeanor
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Dragons are created in great rivers and sprawling lakes, storm clouds and typhoons. Only such sources are expected to produce their imperious demeanor and withering hauteur. And yet every so often, out of an ordinary wellspring, a dragon claws its way into the world...
...Crimson always showed her in demure, ladylike poses [see photo, right]. But on the council that Maya Prabhu describes, the tension between aggressive and feminine could put her in a bind. While she tried to navigate her goals through the council's hierarchy, Prabhu ran up against her appearance, demeanor, and gender--learning, for example, that she had won a secret "contest" for being the council's "sexiest and classiest dresser...
Foster praised Kent's patience and calm demeanor, especially during the medical school application process...
...employees praised Vallier's demeanor andhandling of their complaints, though theadministration did not act on the matter
...speed on most of those issues will project a sketchy profile. This may account for the different impressions made by Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Clarence Thomas, the court's newest arrivals. The extroversion of Ginsburg, an enthusiastic dancer at parties, has been heartily reflected in her courtroom demeanor -- sometimes to the annoyance of her colleagues. On her first day on the bench last October, she asked a lot of questions, 17 in the first hour alone. Her erudition has impressed legal observers, but her aggressiveness has annoyed litigants and even garnered impatient stares from fellow Justices...