Word: staidly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Democrats, quite understandably, wish that the Bobby Baker case would quietly disappear. Republicans, also understandably, would like to keep it wide open at least until November. This conflict of interests has caused some spectacular fireworks in the staid Senate chamber...
...might easily be mistaken for coming to the picnic in overcoat and vest, especially since the Philharmonic is a beginner at a game best played in Boston, and a rather stuffy beginner at that. But the mood Kostelanetz was after was something on the order of refined amusement. The staid rows of amber seats had been removed from Philharmonic Hall and replaced by tables and chairs as closely packed as in a Paris cafe. As the orchestra played, the audience sipped champagne and gazed around the hall. To such a cheerful atmosphere, Kostelanetz merely wanted to add music worth listening...
...really began when dozens of big nonrubber companies, ranging from discount merchants (Korvette and White Front) to department stores (Macy and May), decided to invade the lucrative field with their own cheaper private brands-and thus revolutionized the staid tire business. Detroit still equips its new cars with name-brand tires, but two out of every five replacements now bought in the U.S. are private brands...
Such talk is perhaps a bit excessive. Bessmertnova has appeared in only one solo role-Giselle-and that only five times. But each time she dances she stirs up a storm of acclaim such as the staid old Bolshoi has not seen in years. Even Ulanova raves about her. Lithe, dark, and only 22, Bessmertnova seems the very ideal of ballet-the disembodied spirit choreographers dream of, the ethereal figure that explains the whole logic of the dance...
Clouds of balloons floated out over the harbor and bright flags decorated staid old Bay Street in downtown Nassau. Past the reviewing stand, filled with bewigged and berobed colony officials, marched rows of schoolboys while policemen in starched white uniforms stood stiffly at attention and thousands of children sang and cheered. Thus did something called "limited independence" come to the Bahamas, Great Britain's 700 islands scattered over 90,000 square miles of sunny ocean off the tip of Florida...