Word: aplomb
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...latter was almost impossible not to do. Generally speaking, Buswell and Valenti played their short, concentrated program with the aplomb and assurance of which only professionals are capable...
...chorus of looters. Yet one sound was remarkable in its very diminuendo. The fierce fusillades of gunfire that exacerbated the disorders of years past were heard only rarely last week. And considering the specter of anarchy looming over every U.S. city, the nation weathered its April agony with remarkable aplomb...
...accomplishments with the cello. Neither is shy about displaying virtuosity, and this disk demonstrates that Mr. Barenboim is master of his house even on the concert stage, for he conducts his wife and the English Chamber Orchestra into the crystal world of Haydn and Boccherini with great aplomb. Jacqueline is so absorbed in the effort of doing justice to Haydn's recently discovered concerto (composed circa 1765 and found in the National Museum in Prague in 1961) that her breathing is quite audible. More's the charm...
Clifford treads the corridors of power with sure feet, exuding cool aplomb and "command presence." He helped draft the 1947 and 1949 laws that unified the armed forces and has maintained a close liaison with both the Pentagon and Capitol Hill. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman J. William Fulbright admits that his close personal friend "certainly has great qualifications...
Tonight Diercks weathered some shaky opening moments and was strong thereafter, ending up with 29 saves and clearing pucks from the goal mouth with consistent aplomb...