In this halting manner, Super Goat Man made his way past us to the dining room.
Attending postwar rehearsals by Furtwängler and Toscanini, he was appalled by Toscanini's podium histrionics and resolved to make his mark in a calmer manner.
Ek's phlegmatic manner makes his unshakable, almost spiritual belief in Spotify burn all the more brightly.
And yet his mild public manner makes his policies seem less threatening than those of other conservatives to voters in the middle.
Huston made his entrance in the manner of an actor who is determined to win the immediate attention of his audience.
Every night for nearly 20 years, Americans tuned in to hear the day's major events as reported by Cronkite, whose avuncular manner made his show the top-rated news programme from 1969 until he retired in 1981.
But his chances of making his departure in the manner that he envisioned in front of Fifa's 209 members – many of whom still support him – now hang by the slenderest of threads.
He had a knack for the redundant, tripartite catchphrase: "Hello, good evening, and welcome!," "Marvellous, smashing, terrific!," and, of course, "Super, super, super!" Frost's bright, sedulous manner made his guests shine; when Richard Nixon decided, in 1977, to explain himself after his resignation, he selected Frost as his interlocutor.
On Sunday, this young artist, with his attractive baritone voice and winning stage manner, makes his New York recital debut at the Frick Collection with the pianist Julius Drake in an interesting program of songs by Loewe, Wolf, Duparc, Ravel and the British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage.
Sometimes comments were made on his manner of speaking.
