Word: demeanor
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...leaves for the office at 5 a.m., and recently he has taken on the added job of writing and delivering the news on Today, a chore that used to be handled by Floyd Kalber. Brokaw's drawback rather is something he cannot do much about: his frosty demeanor. It is a failing that he readily admits -and dismisses. Says he: "When you're on for two hours five days a week, if you try to be something that you are not, it will show through...
Despite all the jokes, like most of his colleagues Klein takes his work most seriously. One senses the frustrations and ambitions that lie just beneath the casual demeanor. The concerns with the power structure of Hollywood. And concerns with another kind of power structure: government, politics. Though he has fairly bandoned the political humor and satire that was so much a part of his repertoire during the Watergate era, he hasn't stopped caring...
There were only a thousand spectators in Cleveland's Music Hall, but more than 100 million people watched the 90-minute debate. The President, tightly wound and always on the offensive, scored the most points on substance; Reagan, with a relaxed, reassuring demeanor that belied the President's portrayal of him as dangerous, came out ahead on style. When at the end, Reagan bounded 15 ft. to Carter's lectern to shake hands, both men were ready to take comfort, if not complete satisfaction, from their efforts...
...Bear Bryant is a massive presence, a powerful man, 6 ft. 3½ in., 205 lbs., with sharp eyes and a sharper wit carefully sheathed by a down-home demeanor. His face is seamed and sunbaked from a lifetime on practice-field towers and stadium sidelines. His voice, a rich Southern drawl, is rarely raised; there is seldom any need...
...change in demeanor was caused by another change--in the appraised value of a parcel of land on Sacramento St. that Cambridge took by eminent domain from the University last March...