Word: aplomb
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ALBION every inch the hip poet, carries his role with both energy and aplomb. His presentation of the haughty Oscar Wilde aesthete with Kerouac funkiness lets him get away with singing "You're only hip enough/If you understand the stuff/That Allen Ginsberg writes" to Sullivan's classical music...
...this point the guy realized his error, and with perfect aplomb he said, "Oh, and Phillips laterals to Smith, and now he's running downfield...
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...