With her sensible smile, dyed-blond hair and Minnesota accent, she comes off like a soccer mom from a campaign ad.
Nothing about her appearance -- the customary white lab coat, sensible shoes and cheery smile of a person preparing to palpate -- seemed unusual.
Yet even with the easy-going smile and soccer-mom outfit (fuchsia-pink shirt, jeans, sensible flat sandals) you can imagine her, if angered, pulling out an alien-zapping bazooka.
On a broad level, it's based on a very simple, sensible notion of Greenblatt's, one that would probably make Buffett smile: "Buying good companies at bargain prices makes sense".
Any sensible American, and certainly anyone working in American intelligence, has to smile.
With sensible price tags of $2,000 to $5,000, Ms. Gould said, "Micro- and minicars offer more smiles per dollar".
Yet each is so obvious, so sensible and so gutsy as to warm this aging reformer's heart and put an optimistic smile on his face.
Her smile is still a showstopper, but she has crow's-feet now and a short, sensible permanent.
If you talk to somebody, be confident, smile, make eye contact (even if it's hard and embarrassing to you!), show interest, and act sensible, and be sensitive to their emotions and what they are telling you.
