Word: faze
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Petrovek is a low-keyed individual. The heckling and antics of rowdy fans and the rough emotional intensity of the game do not faze him. He writes it all off as being part of the game...
...present status of ROTC on campus--no ROTC whatsoever--was not attained by a quiet faze-out. While ROTC had led a quiet existence at Harvard since 1916, by 1969 it had become a major issue, one which led to the largest student strike in Harvard history...
...takes a strong sense of purpose to drive such women to such lengths, but that kind of purpose is becoming increasingly common. Bonnie Wheeler, too, spends most of her $12,000 salary on her $600-a-month commuting and apartment bill. It does not faze her. "I feel as though I'm in the second generation of liberation," she says. "The first generation, that of my women professors at Brown, taught me that there were alternatives to staying home and being a housewife. There is nothing bizarre about a traveling salesman, but somehow the male idea of the female...
...because his usual ration of hay disappears. Many animals become edgy, difficult to handle. Secretariat is so calm that just before the Derby he lay down for a refreshing 90-minute snooze. He did the same thing just before the Preakness. A TV crew does not faze him. Recently, while a handler was being interviewed, Secretariat calmly began to nibble on the microphone on the off chance that it was edible. Once, while the horse was being led to stable by Groom Ed Sweat, the leather strap broke off in Sweat's hand. A stallion on the loose...
...antagonist John Connally to the Republican Party last week. But even if the G.O.P. is in trouble because of Watergate, it seemed a shrewd time for Connally to come aboard. If he wants to be captain himself some day, it is helpful to demonstrate that stormy weather does not faze him. He wants Republicans to say in effect: "He came over when we needed him more than he needed...