Word: aplomb
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ended at 6:30 p.m., when he returned to his spacious family villa at Bien Hoa, 15 miles from Saigon, to relax with his wife, his six children and his swimming pool. Next morning at 7:30, he boarded a waiting helicopter with all the aplomb of a commuter headed for another day at the office-except that Tri's office these days is a large swath of disputed Cambodian territory and his day is spent in what he calls "a hunting game between my forces and the Communists...
...lanky visitor sat barefoot on a straw mat in a Kyoto restaurant, eating raw fish with chopsticks, he was approached by a comely geisha who offered to rub his tired back. With great aplomb, Britain's Prince Charles doffed his jacket and accepted a brisk massage, then responded with a heartfelt "Arigato [thank...
...Nixon marriage who never appeared quite comfortable as the wife of a public man? She has got to the point of enjoying flattering headlines and TV footage, for one thing. For another, she has acquired sufficient self-confidence to face pickets, skeptical reporters and ordinary citizens with the same aplomb. Finally, she has discovered a worthy cause within her ken: voluntary social action...
...school's proposed move from an obsolete city campus to a new 1,200-acre suburban site, a plan now blocked by a dispute over the hiring of minority construction workers. Meyerson also streamlined Buffalo into eight faculties, each with its own provost and budget. With rare aplomb, he charmed campus radicals while pioneering the now widely used tactic of getting courts to enjoin seizers of campus buildings. Meyerson's diplomatic tal ents fit Pennsylvania's needs precisely. Despite its Ivy League aura, the 230-year-old university is crammed into a downtown Philadelphia campus, where...