Word: understatedness
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In these shows, you have heavy metal and rap, not dance-club remixes. Tattoos and piercings, not Dolce & Gabbana. Metalworking, not wine pairing. If there is such a thing as the opposite of metrosexual, the Gear Eye shows are it. Most important, where Queer Eye is about growing up - becoming...
Heading a multinational drug firm is a high-wire act. When you aren't struggling to satisfy investors, you're justifying the high cost of your products to consumers. Daniel Vasella, CEO of the Swiss company Novartis, seems to pull off the act effortlessly. Urbane, understated and uncommonly charming, Vasella...
Understatement: A good author knows how the right kind of understatement can actually emphasize the understated point. Dr. Rice unintentionally offered a fine example when, in private testimony to the Sept. 11 Commission, she reportedly asked to revise her previous statement that “I don’t...
Donning an understated maroon collared shirt and a carefully tweezed and groomed goatee, Dwayne Johnson is all business this Monday afternoon.
Sporting a purple sweater—his sleeves rolled up—and an understated grin, Richard A. Clarke appeared to have weathered the weeks of intense scrutiny which accompanied his testimony and the release of his book, Against All Enemies, which alleges the war in Iraq has been a...