Word: aplomb
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...Berlin the chastened Prime Minister was expected, after recovering his aplomb, to insist upon passing the Finance Ministry on to someone else...
After discovering his mistake, he regained his aplomb, swung into a good standard commencement speech, congratulating one & all on being privileged to live in the present age, urging Self-Reliance, Fair Play...
Quivering Jewish ire last week faced suave Anglo-Saxon aplomb in the Casino at Deauville, France, focal point of international folly...
Said the man with aplomb, "Yes, I'm the guy. What about...
Editor Erskine Gwynne, the man with aplomb, has a reputation for picaresque adventure. His encounter with Bride Peggy Hopkins Joyce (TIME, May 7) called attention to the fact that he is the expatriate nephew of the late Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, that his collegiate witticism undeniably sets the tone for his publishing venture, The Boulevardier. This magazine appears monthly, is written in English and provides the Parisian public with reading matter substantially equivalent to an informal combination of Town Topics and The New Yorker. Aping particularly the spirit of the last-named, it is not written for the old lady...