In a newsroom with his sleeves rolled up or at an awards ceremony in a tuxedo, he carried himself with military bearing, a stocky, barrel-chested man with the rolling gait of James Cagney, whom he resembled in style and grit.
Off camera and away from the office, Mr. Russert was a mentor to young colleagues, a gregarious man with a rolling laugh and a roster of friends who were in his life for decades, a devoted Roman Catholic proud of his Jesuit education at John Carroll University in Ohio.
KRS, a bulky, soft-faced man with a rolling bass voice and a soothing, professorial manner, did most of the talking, describing a plan to distribute four million copies of a book he had written challenging the basic assumptions of Western education.
Awaiting hearings or their turn to testify were women and men with the rolling gait of sailors home from the sea, their girth making it difficult to put one leg directly in front of the other.
The mourners were egged on by the TV news, which broadcast hours and hours of people wailing, grown men with tears rolling down their cheeks, banging their heads on trees, sailors banging their heads agains the masts of their ships, pilots weeping in the cockpit, and so on.
The computer screen filled with rolling triads.
Press tightly with rolling pin.
Incubate at 4°C with rolling overnight.
for 16 h at 4°C with rolling.
The study is still ongoing with rolling enrolment.
