Word: aplomb
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...though Mehdi is good, he's not yet an artist." The corrida (tournament) highlighted Savalli's weaknesses as well as his strengths. He displayed the showmanship for which he is known - passes on his knees, cape tosses over the shoulder - and killed his first bull with aplomb. But his second opponent proved feistier, and Savalli partially missed his target, leaving a sword dangling from the bull's shoulder. This error cost him any chance of winning a trophy. "The Madrid bullring is the toughest in the world," Savalli said afterward. "One mistake and you get nothing." Still, the crowd gave...
...life which sees human beings as a process of evolution, and sees them living in the only one true world, the natural world. The greatest goal for a humanist is the pursuit of dignity, and of ethical excellence.” Although Epstein articulates tenets of Humanism with practiced aplomb, his path to the belief—not religion, please—was hardly linear. He was raised in the Reform Jewish tradition but studied Chinese and Religion at the University of Michigan, intending to become a Buddihist or Taoist monk. Then he discovered “Humanistic Judaism...
...drew to a close and Andrea Jonas ’08 and Joy Z. Chen ’08 (“not Jews, just aspiring”) conquered their fears and succumbed to the oblong allure of gefilte fish, Seth R. Flaxman ’08 delivered with aplomb the one liner heard more often than smart remarks involving nice Jewish girls–“Nice to be among so many Jews for once. Oh, wait. I go to Harvard...
...Rest of My Life” currently boasts 54 members. But more importantly, he’s probably the only tenured professor on campus who regularly wears polka-dot ties. He often sports an old-school bowler cap while riding a yellow-wheeled bicycle around the Barker Center. With aplomb, even.Harvard’s only fashion columnist (yours truly) sat down with the Canadian-born Teskey, not to examine his recently published book on John Milton—who reads books, these days, anyway? No, I was there for a chat about his haircut specifications, maternal grandfathers...
...silverware. When he is convinced he has given a sufficient explanation, he stops and jabs absently at his plate. “There’s just too much shit out there,” he concludes, waving a forkful of mashed potatoes. Though Nichols explains physics with aplomb, it is impossible for him to recount all the escapades of his past three years. From constructing a four-story beer funnel in Pennypacker freshman year to streaking down Mt. Auburn St. brandishing toilet plungers, fun follows Nichols like beer chases mashed potatoes. But perhaps his most cherished memory...