Word: aplomb
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...like me, you look forward to most of these sappy soliloquies just about as much as seeing the bottom line on your 1040 form (or getting another peek at "Grand Ole Opry" emcee "Whispering" Bill Anderson's overdone face-lift). But George carries it off with aplomb - adding just the right touch of disbelief to the dollops of sincerity...
...know how to handle them and became irritated. "That's the game in American politics," he scoffed, referring to press inquiries about past drug use, "and I refuse to play it." But when an old drunk-driving arrest was revealed just before Election Day, Bush handled the issue with aplomb. "It's an accurate story," he told reporters. "I oftentimes said that years ago I made some mistakes: I occasionally drank too much...I learned my lesson." Says Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, another Bush friend: "In the early days, you could [tell] those questions were rubbing...
...this longing could very well be for a multitude of women found in one summer day on a beach. The playful guitar-laced ballads leave the listener with a smile and a jig in the step. And ultimately, that is what Mest wants to accomplish and does so with aplomb: mixing punk, ska and reggae with some interesting production values from John Feldmann (of Goldfinger fame) to make music fun again. B+ -Jimmy...
...that?s now for the newcomer to figure out: Clinton, for his part, managed to shed the debate?s ugliness with his usual aplomb - sounding utterly reasonable and extremely diplomatic as he passed the buck. And it?s fitting, somehow, that the decision made was not to make a decision. This is the beginning of the end of Clintonian international relations, after all, and as if on cue, history has started playing the President out the door...
...orchestra did acquit itself with more aplomb with a rousing version of John Lennon's 1969 Beatles tune "Come Together," which eventually materialized as the build-up to Dick Cheney's climactic speech on Wednesday evening...