Live, you expect there to be an element of makeup-spattered performance art, which there is: one of his old Manhattan cohorts does a dance to In the Hall of the Mountain King.
This drive for power is a far more constant element in his makeup than is the philosophy behind any particular revolutionary panacea he may be peddling.
Independence became, in time, an ingrained habit of the man, an element of his makeup that some found grouchy, others cold-blooded.
Emile learns to prefer feeling and spontaneity to theory and reason, and religious sensibility is an essential element of his makeup.
The Takeaway: "The clothes have a message on their own," said Souleiman, which meant that all that was necessary was one strong makeup element: the inky eye paired with high, tight hair.
There were two promising elements in the makeup of tonight's debate.
The positive elements in his makeup stemmed no doubt from his father's side of the family, as did his great physical vitality.
We've always thought of this alphabet as reflecting the personality of some individual who used it- Roger- & it was simple enough to visualize him by putting together Able, Dog, East, Fox, Love, Oboe, Sugar, & theother elements of his makeup.
Surely his religious belief, a powerful element in his psychological makeup, was discouraged?
In some ways a service ethos remained an important element in his creative makeup.
