Word: aplomb
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Barry. The city is on the verge of a third straight budget surplus. The new police chief, Charles Ramsey, is remaking our laughingstock of a police department into an impressive law-enforcement agency; it not only handled the recent protests against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund with aplomb but also arrested a teenage suspect in the zoo shooting only 24 hours after it happened. A burst of new charter schools is providing students with educational choices undreamed of a few years ago. "You get the sense that the city is really trying to meet its fundamental obligations," says...
...Doubt's mix of punk, pop and ska alchemized into the carefree, radio-friendly sound of the mid-'90s. Tragic Kingdom sold 15 million copies and turned singer Gwen Stefani into the It Girl for teenagers of both sexes. All the while, the band members deflected criticism with aplomb, joking about their 15 minutes and telling anyone who would listen that even if they were only one-hit wonders, that's one more hit than most people ever...