On the other hand, when one is seated at a conference table before a meeting or at a dinne

r with a person whose good regard must not be forsaken, less may in fact be less. So what should your face be doing？ I'm against fake smiling, although I indulge in it all the time. Beyond binge drinking, it's the business activity that ultimately inflicts the most physical damage. We've got to find something other than smiling to get the job done. But what else is there？ There's frowning persively, if you can pull that off without looking indisposed. There's a bemused mini-grin, which doesn't break all the bones in your face and conveys good will at least. There's blank affability, which, with good eyebrow work, can serve over the course of an entire dinner. But I admit it. This is a tough one that we'll have to work out later. Until something better is found, smiling convincingly and in a variety of manners still rules.