Word: aplomb
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...curious houseboy spotted a strange pushbutton in the kitchen, touched it. Soon, in answer to the robbery alarm, Perle, unprepared for an impromptu party, was visited by a horde of uninvited guests-six uniformed cops, two detectives, two alarmed men from the alarm company. Ever the soul of aplomb, ex-Minister to Luxembourg Mesta excb'ned it all, graciously bade a happy holiday to her callers...
When the boredom became intolerable, Goodie cracked jokes from the chair and interrupted debate to address the galleries. "Ladies and gentlemen," he sometimes boomed with the aplomb of a circus ringmaster, "I want you to know that just because your able and distinguished Senators down here are sitting with their feet on their desks, reading newspapers, it does not mean they do not know what is going on." "They Also Serve . . ." Such horseplay earned Goodie his reputation as a jester. But the job of heir-apparent to the governor was almost too much for his patience. Once, in a mood...
...success of Miss Manning's adaptation depends very strongly on skillful and imaginative presentation. Here also the group is astoundingly adept. It would be hard to imagine lines demanding closer attention in delivery than those of Finnegans Wake, yet the cast handles them with universal aplomb. Breaking up the speeches among various characters on the stage does away with the monologue effects one is liable to get in reading, when often the various speakers are practically indistinguishable. Moreover, though many of Joyce's visual puns are lost in the transition to the stage, the actors' interpretations through pantomime and inflection...
...Sheer Aplomb and Bravado...
...first joint rehearsal with the orchestra. Although the session went as well as any joint rehearsal Koussevitzky had held, Munch was for from satisfied. He liked to feel he had everything under control before a concert, rather than have to make the performance a success through sheer aplomb and bravado...