Word: aplomb
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Byerly Hall gave him the go-ahead, Guterman decided to defer the offer for a year instead and travel to Israel and Egypt. Then, once at Harvard, he decided to comp the Lampoon art board and learn Arabic, both of which he did with great aplomb. Sinai explains, "Larry is extremely broad-minded politically, and he's always conscious of political issues--that's an important part of him. It's hard to find someone so willing to listen to anybody else...
...young women in Barbara Matera's exceptionally pretty tutus. But there is nothing delicate about the work Martins set them. His choreography tends to be difficult and full of steps; Les Petits Riens, with its big, complicated moves and witchy shifts in direction, is no exception. But the performers' aplomb made the details flow together and the ballet seem like a lyrical visualization of Mozart...
...marriage five years ago to Lady DianaSpencer did not hurt this image. Princess Di, asAmericans have affectionately nicknamed her, hasattracted greater media attention to Charles. LikeCharles, Diana handles press and public occasionswith perfect aplomb. In fact, the only members ofCharles' immediate family who have yet to masterthis skill are his three-year-old son, WilliamArthur Philip Louis, and his two-year-old sonHenry Charles Albert David...
Stimpson carries off Pippin's many solos with aplomb, although his voice is better suited to the more melodious ballads like "Corner of the Sky," than the faster, more sarcastic numbers...
Director Benjamin's gift for this kind of comic invention (first hinted at in My Favorite Year) is now finely honed. Long is the adorable mistress of frazzled common sense. Hanks poises between panic and exasperation with the kind of weird aplomb Cary Grant used to manage, and Alexander Godunov, the dancer, proves himself a gifted comic actor as an egomaniacal symphony conductor. They are all comparatively new to film, and that makes their display of old, all but lost movie skills even more cheering. The medium may have a future after...