"Believe me, the previous Administration gave us a mess," he said, affecting a look of disgust.
Some tilt their heads, affecting a look of grave sympathy, as if he had just lost a family member.
Ms. Sorvino has little to do but stretch her long legs and affect a look of bovine contentment.
In the prolegomenon to the monograph, Buckley describes using his wife's eyeliner and rouge to affect a look of sleeplessness.
When I raised the topic of Israel, he affected a mournful look.
If you want to get an idea of the terror this news caused to some of those affected, take a look at this video of a mother of two severely autistic children for whom The Autism Project had become the lone island of hope for her kids.
I used to go to a doctor who kept a shabby little office on the Upper East Side and affected a notably "groovy" look not unlike that of Dr Bornstein.
It moved from descriptions of flora and fauna – such as how the uniform weight of the seeds of carob trees, found on Montjuïc, are the basis for the carat – to explanations of how nature has affected the look of Barcelona.
Mr. Chatham said that zoning, more than landmark designation, had affected the look of Crosby Street, at least the vacant lots: "Both sides of Crosby are in a manufacturing zone, which prohibits new residential construction, and the plots are too small for commercial construction," except for the hotels, like Mr. Balasz's.
Hairdryer quotient A qualified lawyer who affects the look of a chain-smoking Zagreb mafioso, he once sent three star players home and fined them £20,000 for popping out to a nightclub on tour.
