Word: understatedness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Richardson's understated reaction to this week's scandal has only served, observers and opponents argue, to underscore his reputation as an unsuitably blas? presence in a high-security post. Adding fuel to this fire, on Wednesday he skipped a congressional hearing into the Los Alamos losses, a move that...
Though some say it has made possible the politically perilous quest of bringing power to the central administration, his understated modus operandi has undoubtedly been a detriment to the University in other ways.
As word began to emerge that President Neil L. Rudenstine will resign next year, undergraduate leaders shrugged off the news--perhaps a testament to the understated role that the University president plays in the lives of College students.
Do not mistake these gems for the headline-grabbing, designer showcases for the stars (do the Paramount and the Mondrian ring any bells?). These luxury hotels don't want you to know who stays there. The Lowell, for instance, is an elegant 17-story building adjacent to Revlon billionaire Ronald...
What to do with the perfect play is invariably the problem directors and actors face when they sit down at those initial pre-production meetings prior to mounting The Importance of Being Earnest. Written in the late 1890s, the play fixates on the manners and morals of the pretentious and...