Word: aplomb
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...figure out if he's five or 15: one minute he asks idiotic questions about the meaning of "Humpty Dumpty," and the next he lectures his father on the nature of moral responsibility. Scheller carries off some of the more moving moments of the second act with admirable aplomb, but it seems a crime to saddle a 13-year-old actor with such a large-and inconsistent--role...
...arts and public life of Britain. But Snowdon adds: "Often when people are told exactly what to do they become more themselves than they know." And that would explain the glint of pawky self-dramatization in many of the poses: Prince Charles sporting his riding silks with 18th century aplomb; Novelist Iris Murdoch slumped back in a chair, wrapped in a scarf, head cocked appraisingly; Actor Alec Guinness leaning jauntily against a tree, wearing a rakish peasant hat. The lighting is soft and natural throughout; the camera's gaze is direct and steady (and it is returned just...
...Washington, the first word of the Soviet walkout was greeted with relative aplomb. Prior to setting out for a four-day Thanksgiving vacation, President Reagan declared that "I don't think I'm surprised by what they did this morning, but I am disappointed. I can't believe that it's going to be permanent." The subsequent Andropov statement, however, may have been tougher than the White House bargained for. Along with cessation of the talks, the Soviet leader outlined in unusual detail his country's longstanding plans to up the nuclear ante by new deployments of atomic weapons. Among...
This is the latest model of what might be termed the Burt Reynolds Formula One Vehicle. The sometime bandit is a respectable NASCAR driver in Stroker Ace. That means that the skids and scrapes in which he defies death without losing his good-ole-boy aplomb take place on such premises as the Daytona 500 race track. He is also amiably mystified to find himself drawn to a woman (Loni Anderson) who is as tenacious in defense of her virginity as he is in pursuit of a championship. That, however, completes the list of the film's novelties...
...revving up began on ABC's highly successful This Week with David Brinkley, where Sam Donaldson is teamed with Columnist George F. Will, whom Brinkley describes as "an Encyclopaedia Britannica on wheels." Side by side, they take turns at boring in on a guest. Only a politician with aplomb and a fast tongue can escape being overwhelmed by this pair, even though, as the old saying goes, a fool can ask ten questions while a wise man answers one. Sometimes an affable Brinkley eases up their questioning: "We've become aware of very bad public reaction...