Word: stolidness
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There he was, a stolid figure in the rear of an open car, his eyes downcast, a study in dejection. He rode in dour silence to the Capitol while Presidentelect Franklin Roosevelt, sitting beside him, smiled that famous smile and waved to the cheering throngs...
Wolf at the Door. Framini and Vandor are a study in contrasts. Framini, the stolid embodiment of the old Peronismo, is boastful, loudly emotional, disorganized; his course is "revolution" and an "open fight." Vandor is more flexible-and smart enough to know that Peron could never rule Argentina as dictator again. He believes in "Peronismo without Peron," talks "negotiation" and "legalismo...
ILLINOIS. Honest Abe sits somber and silent in a high-back chair, rises, bows, and delivers a 10-min. oration. Disney's Lincoln is a little stolid, but then he is stuffed with things like steel, air tubes and hydraulic valves...
This series of shifts and sales has focused attention on the man who has remained stolid and stationary, President Harry Vickers, 65. A self-made engineer, Vickers achieved success 40 years ago by inventing advanced hydraulic controls for trucks. He formed Vickers Manufacturing Co. and through a series of mergers ultimately came to the top of Sperry Rand. Today he controls the company because he is the largest shareholder, with one-half of 1% of the widely scattered stock, and has a permissive board that includes several friends. Even when General Douglas MacArthur was chairman, Vickers was the single-minded...
ILLINOIS. Honest Abe sits somber and silent in a high-back chair, rises, bows, and delivers a 10-min. oration. Disney's Lincoln is a little stolid, but then he is stuffed with things like steel, air tubes and hydraulic valves...