He had a drowsy look about him, with heavy-lidded eyes and a casual speaking manner, that may have given the impression of laziness -- his nickname was Big Sleep, after all, for his ability to fall asleep "anytime, anywhere," as friends say.
People at the campaign said they became more comfortable with Mrs. Heinz Kerry as they saw her success on the speaking circuit, where she mixes deep policy knowledge on environmental and health care issues -- honed as the head of the Heinz family endowments -- with a casual speaking style.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican sought Wednesday to defuse a diplomatic tiff with Mexico after Pope Francis referred to the possible "Mexicanization" of his native Argentina from drug trafficking, the latest instance of Francis' casual speaking style getting him into trouble.
"Americans' impulse to be casual, to speak in a certain way, to dance in a certain way, is affected by this swinging music and by the people who made it".
(The fact that many visitors are dressing up on weekends to go to this casual spot speaks to its sophisticating influence).
The generals usually come off as aggressive and uncommunicative or paternalistic and out of touch, but Shafik, who has a penchant for wearing casual pullovers, speaks with the smooth, frank demeanor of an easygoing technocrat.
Let your casual attitude and appearance speak for itself.
Even in casual conversation, he speaks like someone who is accustomed to authority.
In fact, the most actively casual people I spoke to also had some of the most old-fashioned and romantic ideals.
Aiming to fashion an "exacter, plainer poetry" from "life's casual rush," Di Piero speaks conversationally, yet never slackly so: "It's equinox.
