Word: formalizes
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...been a Kerry problem--"You shouldn't hold John's looks against him," former Senator Bob Kerrey once told me--and Dean's chesty informality has only exacerbated Kerry's air of dour Brahmin solemnity. In truth, he isn't so much aloof as he is courtly, in a formal, afternoon-tea sort of way. The shoutathon of modern politics discomforts him. He is a serious, experienced, thoughtful man; his policy speeches have been among the best of any Democrat's. But he is also a cautious man who has surrounded himself with an overstuffed stable of consultants and pollsters...
...junior high, and his mom wanted him to take a drama class. She bribed him with $100. After that, it was commercials--his first onscreen performance was in an Atari ad--and TV shows like Blossom and Walker, Texas Ranger, then movies. His last year of formal schooling was ninth grade...
...stay-at-home mother in Atlanta, says that while she prefers to shop for church or special-occasion clothing for her 21-month-old daughter Lilly at higher-end stores, where a dress might cost $60 to $75, she occasionally shops at Target for Lilly's less formal needs...
Ignoring my budget (as I would never do for myself), I hit the upscale shops on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Barneys, Brooks Brothers and Saks were a bust--nothing formal in Conor's size. Bergdorf's Best & Co. shop had lovely seersucker suits and Peter Pan--collared shirts, but the point was to dress my son, not humiliate him. And Gucci's $2,000 jade green silk bomber jacket would have clashed with my lavender bridesmaid's dress...
...been a Kerry problem-"You shouldn't hold John's looks against him," former Senator Bob Kerrey once told me-and Dean's chesty informality has only exacerbated Kerry's air of dour Brahmin solemnity. In truth, he isn't so much aloof as he is courtly, in a formal, afternoon-tea sort of way. The shoutathon of modern politics discomforts him. He is a serious, experienced, thoughtful man; his policy speeches have been among the best of any Democrat's. But he is also a cautious man who has surrounded himself with an overstuffed stable of consultants and pollsters...