Word: aplomb
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most part, Khomeini fielded the questions with aplomb, calmly denying many of the charges raised in the West against his rule. He denied that leftists played a major role in the revolution "None of them fought or suffered. If anything, they took advantage of the people who fought and suffered." Khomeini also charged that the left had been created by the Americans "to launch slanders against us, to sabotage and destroy us." It was of no consequence, he said, that Iran would not be called an Islamic Democratic Republic, since the "word Islam does not need adjectives such as democratic...
...balky wig, Rooney breathes lewd life into the traditional courtroom skit as he scoots down from the bench for a popeyed examination of Miller's aphrodisiacal legs. The role of the intermission bandit who hawks candy and salacious Parisian pictures is played with gruff and raffish comic aplomb by Sid Stone...
...first royal tour, but Prince Andrew, 19, handled himself with the aplomb of a seasoned veteran. In Tanzania, on the first leg of a state visit, Andrew often competed with Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip for the attention of crowds. As hundreds of thousands of Tanzanians cheered the royal family in Dar es Salaam, one busty woman tried to seize Andrew's attention. Ignoring the words TAKE MY BODY emblazoned on her T shirt, he discreetly averted his gaze. Two teen-age girls got more of a rise from the prince by standing outside church on Sunday morning...
...Viennese tried to act with aplomb, but there was considerable excitement at their city's being once again the center of world diplomacy. In the window of the world-famous Demel pastry shop, life-size likenesses of Carter and Brezhnev, made of papier-mache and marzipan, sat playing chess with marzipan missiles...
...action scenes vividly, with swirling movement, loud speakers, sirens and flashing lights and kept the quiet moments simple and suit ably spacious in their loneliness. The cast - including Richard Fredricks as Lev, Jake Gardner as Yuri and Curtis Rayam as Olympion - sang with conviction. Two in particular matched the aplomb of Caldwell's conducting: Arlene Saunders, in lustrous voice as Nadia, and Cynthia Clarey, warmly sympathetic as a nurse who serves as a peacemaker...