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...second half, Cyrus Booker picked up the baton for Harvard, scoring nine of his 11 points. After center Brian Banks went to the bench when he was slapped with his fourth personal foul with 15 minutes left to play, Booker stepped into the pivot post with his customary aplomb...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Hoopsters Blitz Brown With First Half Blowout | 2/4/1978 | See Source »

...comparison, says Hyland, Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko is a "clever tactician with great aplomb" who can change positions in mid-sentence with no explanation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Dealing with the Russian Leaders | 11/21/1977 | See Source »

...play. The Club's dialogue is almost entirely delivered in song. It is a real challenge to bring off a show that is entirely sung without losing the audience to sleep or the exit before the final curtain. But this play sidesteps boredom, thanks both to the musical aplomb of its performers and assorted surprises lika tap dance routine by Harlin and Bonard...

Author: By Judy Bass, | Title: Jimmy and the New Goliath | 11/16/1977 | See Source »

Costumes are appropriately early '60s-ish. The choreography, done by Patty Woo, lacks flair in the opening scene, but picks up for the musical numbers, which are staged with wit and aplomb, and the sprawling deaths of Roy and Larsen are limericks, if not poetry, in motion...

Author: By Harry W. Printz, | Title: Kirkland to Enterprise | 11/2/1977 | See Source »

...almost fell asleep because nothing ever came to me," cracked Harvard goalie Ellen Seidler, who handled five shots with aplomb in adding yet another shutout to her All-New England ledger. "It was disappointing and disconcerting because we are a better team than Brown." she added...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: Women's Field Hockey Team Ties It (Again!) With Brown | 10/31/1977 | See Source »

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