It wasn't just his implacable, gimlet-eyed countenance; his face already a kind of premature living death mask.
Interestingly, the breakdown of the poll showed that New Yorkers living in the outer boroughs, where mayoral elections are usually decided, were more willing to countenance a Weiner candidacy than voters in Manhattan.
He cried at the finish, living in the moment, having made prophets of friends who told him, even here, Sampras's icy countenance was ready to be cracked.
What I remember is witnessing pure joy in the countenance of someone I care for deeply, someone who has been through immense pain and many trials, someone who is finally living her truth.
A shifting collage of video memories flickers across the subject's face, the alternating videos building a living portrait of the person, creating a sensation as if their intimate thoughts and memories are being projected out onto their countenance.
Administration officials have all but said that they are giving Mr. Arafat one last chance to show that he can be more than the leader of an armed resistance movement that has countenanced terror and instead live up to the pledges he made almost a decade ago in the Oslo accords to renounce terrorism and adopt the challenges of governance.
Under attack from Michelle Bachmann, who accused him of supporting an amnesty program, Newt said he couldn't countenance deporting people who have lived in the United States for many years, raising families and paying taxes.
Barbara Walsh conveys the woeful countenance of Sonia ("I haven't lived") so tellingly that the character's eventual sparks of assertiveness and optimism have extra impact.
A Republican president won't want to enrage his base in advance of an election, and the Democrats won't countenance any solution that the conservatives could live with.
To be sure, Almagro's sleepy countenance can be deceiving.
