| 单词 | laconic |
| 例句 | A rare smile covered the features of the normally laconic Julian. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z On the margin, in the secretary’s neat hand, was the laconic epitaph “susp.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Lanky, with a loping gait, and dressed in what some Europeans thought was Western or Texan clothing, he was described as being “laconic as the hero of an old cowboy movie.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Muller was favored the least: Morgan found him shifty, laconic, and disengaged from the other members of the lab. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “It is sold, sir,” was again his laconic reply. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z What I remember are the long avenues in the frost, the farms and houses braced against the winter, the flat, laconic Maine speech in crossroads stores where I stopped to buy supplies. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning the Germans run him through a second, more laconic spell of questioning while a typist clatters away in the corner. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She turns red and grins, and when she sits down, it’s Bobby’s turn—he moves like John Travolta in Pulp Fiction, shaking his hips with a laconic tilt, turning his feet more than his body. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Dr. Van Helsing is laconic; he tells the farmers that he is hurrying to Bistritz, and pays them well to make the exchange of horses. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Having neglected to pack writing paper, he began a laconic journal on some blank pages in the back of Tanaina Plantlore. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The New England states use a terse form of instruction, a tight-lipped, laconic style sheet, wasting no words and few letters. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But I would have been laconic in that company in any case. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Breakfast conversation is limited to a series of laconic grunts. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The result is a tender, laconic look at a woman who rarely faces anything in life, including loneliness, without a strategy. ‘A Love Song’ Review: When Moving Forward Means Looking Back 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z In both, her acting is refreshingly natural, her eyes alert and intelligent, and her voice husky and laconic. Last Chance: Barbara Stanwyck Festival at Film Forum 2013-12-26T21:36:07Z Adorning every inch of wall, an unfathomable pantheon of bodhisattvas stare out in various tantric entanglements: some vengeful, some serene, some laconic, some mean. In Ladakh, India, history and myth, past and present, melt into one Ambling along with deceptive nonchalance, “Trick to Happy” is a laconic slice of resentful borderline depression from Afie Jurvanen, the Canadian songwriter who records as Bahamas and releases his fifth album, “Sad Hunk,” on Friday. Jeff Tweedy’s Homesick Tune, and 11 More New Songs 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z Melissa Livaudis of the Williamsburg-based rock band has a knack for laconic suggestions, like this one for the Fulton Street Mall: “I got a gold tooth cap here.” | Offbeat City Guides 2012-06-14T16:59:18Z Another figure to wonder about is Mary Heilmann, the great California painter — a phenomenal colorist, whose laconic work fizzes with ideas. These women are some of America’s greatest artists. Why don’t they get the respect they deserve? 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Why are we in such a hurry to end this laconic time of year when, as George Gershwin wrote, “the livin’ is easy”? Why Do We End Summer So Early? 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z Initially, the cop-western hybrid seemed to consist of nothing but scenes of Olyphant's Marshal Raylan Givens mocking and then gunning down an entire community of villainous Kentucky yokels while remaining laconic under his big hat. States of bliss 2011-01-29T00:05:00Z The way the painter offers help in her trademark laconic style: no fuss, just get on with it. Han Ong on Straying into Topicality 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z As poetically loaded as any of his portraits were his laconic, frontally framed images of rural churches, farmhouses, urban tenements, ornate building facades, main street storefronts, barber shops and factories. Art Review: Walker Evans’s ‘American Photographs,’ at MoMA 2013-07-18T20:50:03Z “The Wishing Tree,” a beautiful, seemingly slight nine-line monody, commemorates his laconic, generous mother—“I thought of her as the wishing tree that died / And saw it lifted, root and branch, to heaven.” How Seamus Heaney Became a Poet of Happiness 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Like many athletes, his movements were as laconic off the field as they were frenetic on it. Can This Man Make Lacrosse Sexy? 2010-10-13T21:24:00Z His story of cultural displacement is also about loss, but he remains a laconic blank, as do his friends and girlfriends. | 'Hi-So': ?Hi-So? at Museum of Modern Art - Review 2011-09-07T22:05:36Z Jeff Bridges, laconic and low-key as ever, pulling an upset and winning Best Actor in a Drama for "Crazy Heart." 2010-01-18T13:18:00Z His laconic Australian drawl saw him often cast as a slow-witted simpleton who could serve as the butt of his co-stars' jokes. Australian actor Bill Kerr dies 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z At worst, he’s laconic until he’s philosophical, and philosophical until he’s mythical. Review: ‘Salt as Wolves’ Sets Middle-Aged Burnout to a Blues and Country Backdrop 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z That show found its muse in producer Karl Pilkington, a laconic sad sack who quickly became the centerpiece of the show. 2010-02-17T07:39:00Z Here, however, the execution is at once laconic and nonsensical. ‘South of Heaven’ Review: Anything for Love 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z The effect is graphic, architectural, beautiful, laconic – and very sharply focused upon its location. Martin Creed: Down Over Up; Richard Wright: The Stairwell Project; Joan Mitchell 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z In their deadpan, laconic way they seem to speak eloquently of life in 20th-century America. Review: A ’60s View of Warhol’s Soup Cans, at MoMA 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z The star of "Bass Ackwards," a captivatingly laconic road movie, isn't necessarily Linas Phillips, the Seattle filmmaker who also conceived the script and directs himself as a scruffy seeker with a troubled soul. 'Bass Ackwards': Salvation through a VW van 2010-06-11T00:01:00Z The voice on tape sounded detached, almost laconic, part of a time capsule describing a bloody day in a forever war that killed untold numbers of combatants and civilians. An Online Museum Shows Life During Wartime 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z With an almost eerily laconic restraint, his photographs portray people of many different walks of life. Art: Let Us Now Praise a Pioneering Show 2013-07-12T17:59:09Z Yet in a performance built around watching, listening and contemplating, Mr. Sparks injects laconic Ray with sly touches of prickly humor. Paul Sparks Hones Tragic Persona in ?Dusk Rings a Bell? 2010-06-19T06:39:00Z "Bob is a very a laconic character," he said. Inspired by 'Avatar,' Bernardo Bertolucci goes 3D 2011-05-11T16:26:08Z This rich prose is less compelling when Holbert, on occasion, puts it into the mouths of his characters — they fare better as their usual laconic selves. 'Lonesome Animals': Crimes, punishment in 1930s Eastern Wash. 2012-05-24T20:21:04Z Starting with “The Hunter,” the Parker books chronicled the life of a laconic thief and loner, one you should never double-cross, though time after time, greedy associates try. Michael Dirda reviews ‘The Getaway Car,’ a collection of Donald E. Westlake pieces Inside the inner sanctum, however, in the party's dining area, certain A-listers were more laconic. Golden Globes parties 2015: HBO sees McConaughey, Dunham, Swift, Lorde 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z The critic Howard Thompson called the film “a tough, laconic and amusing Western” in his 1967 review for The Times. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Everything’s Trash’ and ‘The Rehearsal’ 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z The delivery boy has an ally, if a fickle one, in N., the dour, laconic dispatch girl from an “adjacent” homeland. Numbers, Speed, Mystery: The World of the Delivery Worker 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Their most recent offering, the laconic “Before the Sun,” is a collaboration with the Chicago band Cheer-Accident. A Pay-What-You-Can Music Model 2013-08-21T22:14:04Z Forster’s brief, characteristically businesslike turn in “Better Call Saul” is like a blessing, and it reinforces a tone: laconic, no-nonsense, amused by life’s absurdities but rarely taken by surprise. Review: As ‘Better Call Saul’ Returns, ‘Breaking Bad’ Comes Into View 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z His “laconic” is as good as it needs to be for a role that doesn’t demand a lot, at least in the premiere. Television Review: ‘Longmire,’ on A&E, a Police Drama With a Western Twist 2012-06-01T21:38:17Z In Ms. Pike’s fierce yet laconic portrayal, this tormented woman commands a fateful grace under the fire that will consume her. ‘A Private War’ Review: Dateline Truth, Somewhere in Hell 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z “His style is lean and laconic, shading almost shyly and unexpectedly into tenderness and poetry,” Mr. Taubman wrote. William Hanley, Playwright and TV Writer, Dies at 80 2012-06-03T20:59:58Z Adorning every inch of wall, an unfathomable pantheon of bodhisattvas stare out in various tantric entanglements: some vengeful, some serene, some laconic, some mean. In Ladakh, India, history and myth, past and present, melt into one "I want to scream, but I'm too lazy," says Eddie's laconic teenage sister, when confronted with the sight of a monster with eyes on stalks. Me and My Monsters 2010-10-18T05:45:00Z Two thirds of Mr. Ross’s staff members were also there: Dixie, the intern, and a laconic young man named Fred. ?American Stuffers? Family: Warm Hearts and Freeze-Dried Pets 2012-01-12T00:44:55Z This year has been a game changer in British attitudes toward sports, leaving behind the typical ironic and laconic talk about being “good losers” and instead rejoicing in gold medal glory. Sporty? It's the Olympics, Stupid! 2012-09-18T17:23:29Z About a laconic worker from Bosnia, he cracks: “His speaking role was somewhere between Harpo and Zeppo.” Books of The Times: Watching a Once-Proud Piece of Detroit Disappear 2011-01-18T16:57:38Z Bahamas, a Canadian group led by the songwriter Afie Jurvanen, opened the concert with sly, laconic songs about how many ways a guy can sabotage a relationship. Music Review: Michael Kiwanuka at the Highline Ballroom 2012-06-14T21:40:14Z As this riveting novel unfolds — in brilliant, laconic, grimly comic fashion — it becomes apparent that the state is, in its own way, a frightful head. A Grisly Fable of Ottoman Albania 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z We’re like two characters in an old Western movie in which the main element, the main audio element is to be very laconic. A rare interview with Don DeLillo, one of the titans of American fiction 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z And the cool is in languorous slow tempos, minor chords, ruthlessly laconic arrangements, guitar lines swathed in reverb and a voice that smolders a long time before it flares up. Review: Lera Lynn Mixes Heat and Cool at City Winery 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z He turns out to be a very good interview indeed: Relaxed, quick to laugh and generous, Letts has a laconic, happily jaded way about him. Playwright Tracy Letts reveals his Midwestern side 2012-10-12T11:53:10Z Robert Mitchum, wonderfully laconic as a small-time hood, headed a brilliant cast. Peter Yates obituary 2011-01-10T18:39:17Z “A musical accident no more no less,” Mr. Petty wrote in a typically laconic statement. Tom Petty, Staple of Rock Radio With the Heartbreakers, Dies at 66 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z ‘I was talking on the phone to this Taliban fighter’ Sarah Koenig brings us up to date with Bergdahl’s court marshall, summing it up in her signature laconic manner. Serial recap – season two, episode two: The Golden Chicken 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Born in Burlington, Vermont, in 1928 as Dallas Frederick Burrows, he never lost the Yankee accent that proved a perfect complement to the dry, laconic storytelling that established him as popular humorist. Actor-comedian Orson Bean, 91, hit and killed by car in LA 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Lively has a tendency toward deadpan humor, often delivered with a laconic stare that can make it difficult to figure out whether she is joking or not. The 7 Most Ridiculous Things in Vogue's Blake Lively Profile 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Its rhetoric may be laconic and folksy, but its fury and its nobility seem distilled from Shakespeare. The Front Row: “Home from the Hill,” One of Hollywood’s Most Powerful Family Dramas 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Director Nick Stringer is a lanky, laconic Englishman with a list of well-regarded wildlife documentaries to his credit, as well as an advanced degree in environmental science. Discovery Channel looks to regain its bite with its favorite franchise 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z July marked the passing of James Garner, best remembered for his portrayal of the laconic private investigator Jim Rockford. Famous faces who died in 2014 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z While around the Rolling Stones, he was invariably laconic, usually lingering in the background during public appearances. Charlie Watts, the Unlikely Soul of the Rolling Stones 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z As Crawford tells it, the detective made a short, laconic phone call to Salander. The art world's Bernie Madoff, and his deceptions 2010-10-23T16:16:00Z In James Mangold’s 2007 remake of the western “3:10 to Yuma” he played the laconic hero with Russell Crowe’s charismatic robber. Film: Letting His Role Do the Talking 2010-12-03T15:53:00Z Visconti seemed an inappropriate choice to direct Camus’s laconic classic. ‘The Stranger,’ Made All the More So in the Person of Mastroianni 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z When Murray’s father, a laconic dairy farmer, called for the doctor when his wife was hemorrhaging, he was loath to let the town gossip, who ran the phone exchange, hear the news. The Homegrown Language of Les Murray 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z While his character is laconic, Levy exudes charisma because he is cool and totally in control. William Levy defied convention to make his own Spanish-language assassin flick 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z A laconic self-professed "pilot of things that need piloting", Laverde has emerged from almost 20 years in jail only to be killed in a drive-by motorbike shooting, in which the lawyer was also injured. The Sound of Things falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez – review 2012-11-16T08:00:07Z A laconic presence on “Justified,” Mr. Olyphant is affable in person and projects less a lawman swagger than the ease of a former athlete; he swam competitively at the University of Southern California. Television: Timothy Olyphant in Elmore Leonard?s ?Justified? on FX 2012-01-05T12:00:00Z And her laconic new lyrics don’t always offer the subtleties and paradoxes of her earlier songs. New Music: New Rocordings by Riverside, Jessica Lea Mayfield and August Alsina 2014-04-14T21:25:54Z And Harrison made no effort to hide his contempt for the show’s laconic leading man. “I look at these people and I’m like, why are you guys here?”: “The Bachelor”’s Chris Harrison on the art of hosting reality TV 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Luna’s songs stayed stubbornly consistent through all its albums: lean, laconic and stoically undemonstrative. Review: A Reunited Luna Plays Brooklyn’s Northside Festival 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Plain-spoken and unassailable, that was not only the title of an album she released in 1970, but also a typically laconic summation of what made her a titan of American music. Loretta Lynn Didn’t Pretty Things Up 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Craig Kelly's laconic Lancastrian commentary was the only tolerable thing about gap year gubbins Shipwrecked. TV voiceovers 2010-03-25T15:43:00Z Infinitely less laconic than Josh Holloway, Fox’s Sawyer was a wobbly-headed ball of misplaced intensity and bulgy neck veins who is singularly impossible to love. No thanks for your time: the worst movie auditions from A-list stars 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z The director Thiagarajan Kumararaja, who also had a hand in the script, takes his time setting all these shaggy, laconic story lines in motion. ‘Super Deluxe’ Review: A Tamil Film, With a Cosmic Indie Vibe 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z His crisp and laconic performances won him three consecutive Emmy Awards for best actor. Bill Cosby, in Mark Whitaker’s New Biography 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Still, despite the novel’s laconic form, it’s clear that Cole is moving from website to website, girl to girl, and experimenting with a closeted buddy when no one else is available. Review | Sex and the teenage boy 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z He settled on the more mechanical, laconic look produced by the rolling truck. Ed Ruscha’s stunning Sunset Strip art project lets you tour its full length, east to west — and back in time 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z As I descended a 120-yard-long tunnel and held a clunky red audio-tour handset to my ear, the laconic voice of Mr. Parrish inquired, “I don’t suppose you’ve given the next war very much thought?” Across Britain, Silent Relics of the Cold War 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Two questions right away: Where in the broadcast will executive producer and creator Lorne Michaels suddenly appear with one of his famously laconic cameos? NBC expands 'SNL 40th Anniversary Special' to more than three hours 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z He seems as laconic and lyrical as he is onstage, except warmer and quicker to laugh. Steven Wright, Master of the One-Liner, Tries His Hand at a Novel 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z For several years now, Langford's been cultivating an impressive reputation for his laconic approach. Comedy picks of the week 2010-04-23T23:11:00Z He shouldn’t; he’s one of the best living American writers, and his laconic understatement is much more powerful than excess. Lady Macbeth in Appalachia, and Other Tales by an American Master 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z Despite the book’s laconic compactness, Enia manages to fuse into it a fully realized personal narrative: that of a beloved uncle lost and a reticent father finally understood. The Life-or-Death Struggle of Refugees Braving the Mediterranean Crossing 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z As a teenager, he thinks and speaks in the laconic language of a middle-aged malcontent of Raymond Carver’s. What Wins in the Heartland, Machismo or Intellect? 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z They entertain themselves with war games and fantasies about the secret lives of family and neighbours, one day deciding that Keith's laconic, glamorous mother is in fact a German spy. Spies by Michael Frayn 2012-05-25T21:54:02Z And he is dressed, as he frequently is in his dandy-conceptualist art, in a plain gray “Mao suit,” which reads here as a laconic visual rejoinder to the exhibit’s lavish Orientalism. Tseng Kwong Chi, an “Ambiguous Ambassador” to Life in America 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z The material objects Zhadan describes with an almost grotesque precision—wooden icons of Christian Orthodox martyrs, a Manchester United pendant, a pair of Bosch electric scissors—serve as missing words amid laconic dialogue. The Bard of Eastern Ukraine, Where Things Are Falling Apart 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z The supporting cast is fine, especially Mr. Edwards as the laconic bassist, seething at having to share hotel rooms with the hedonistic Mr. DeVito. Review: ‘Jersey Boys,’ Downsized 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z A laconic though riveting musical storyteller, Mr. Clark was adept at getting at the heart of an experience or an event. Guy Clark, a King of the Texas Troubadours, Is Dead at 74 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Burnham offers an eclectic hour of satirical songs, observations and one-liners, his laconic delivery belying a frighteningly sharp mind and a world-weary attitude that seems far beyond his years. Edinburgh fringe comedy roundup 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z Jostling with news and faits divers, these stories were by necessity laconic and attention-grabbing, and Maupassant, whose severe economy was a model for Hemingway, had a great facility for producing them. A brief survey of the short story part 49: Guy de Maupassant 2013-05-24T09:56:31Z Mr. Boyega said he learned to play Moses by watching the laconic drug dealers from Season 4 of “The Wire.” Keeping It Real With Aliens in the ?Hood 2011-07-22T14:00:00Z But there’s nothing laconic about Henry, who seems determined to put the world to rights – one genetically modified piece of fruit at a time. Atlanta star Brian Tyree Henry: if Trump gets elected 'it's going to be Mad Max' 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z After a dinner where ordering fried oysters led to jokes from the laconic waitress about BP and Brits, Hamish and I waddled off to Preservation Hall. Mississippi yearning 2010-12-04T00:05:15Z A prickly buddy comedy unfolds between Joel and his unruly charge, and Pascal’s laconic gunslinger appeal translates well to this bleaker universe. Review: ‘The Last of Us’ Is a Zombie Thriller About Single Parenting 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z In “Paterson,” Driver plays a laconic bus driver who writes plain-spoken poetry, and in “Silence,” he and Andrew Garfield portray 17th-century Jesuit priests. In ‘Paterson’ and ‘Silence,’ Adam Driver wrestles with poetry and piety 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Her laconic vibe masks some extremely polished joke writing and a ruthlessness about getting laughs. Cracking Jokes Right Before the World Turned Upside Down 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z At once basic and off-the-charts nuts, each movie — the fourth opens this week — centers on a laconic assassin with a hazy back story and extraordinary skills. ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Review: There Will Be Blood, Yeah 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z It's a piece of London that has changed with the times, passing promiscuously from one definition of chic to another, but the same cannot be said of the rumpled, laconic Frears. Cheers for Frears 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z Their camaraderie is effortless, in part because Pitt exudes a laconic confidence as Cliff. "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" shows off Quentin Tarantino's best and worst moves 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Bobby is a laconic salvage diver who sees things he shouldn’t have. Cormac McCarthy’s Unsettling Dream of a Novel 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z The essential themes of his famously mordant comedies — pain and mortality — are very much present, but here they are embedded in a laconic story line and developed in slow, sweet-flowing rhythms. Video: Classic Cowboys, Back on the Range 2011-03-26T00:16:44Z Created by Horowitz, a successful novelist and TV writer, “Foyle’s War” views World War II Britain through the eyes of a laconic, insightful and endlessly honorable police detective. Lamenting the end of 'Foyle's War,' a TV masterpiece 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Cariocas, as Rio’s laconic, sociable residents are known, adore street life, eating seafood and hanging out in the no-frills streetside bars and food stalls known as pé sujo – literally, “dirty feet”. A local’s guide to Rio de Janeiro: 10 top tips 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z But its centerpiece is “Colfax/Step in Time,” which starts like a talking blues set against laconic guitar and plunking banjo and builds toward a finale that’s part marching band and part gospel choir. Kevin Gordon Releases ?Gloryland,? His First Album Since 2005 2012-02-21T17:04:15Z But Mr. Fletcher’s shrewd, laconic performance suggests that Patrick doesn’t have that much faith in the solidity of material structures. Theater Review: Richard Maxwell’s ‘Isolde’ Explores Primal Instincts 2014-04-13T22:03:33Z In his slow, laconic drawl, he says it is. David Duchovny: ‘I can't play Mulder the way I did. That would be obscene’ 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z He's a very wise observer who sees the world in a very laconic way. Red Dog: an audience with Australia's best friend 2012-02-09T20:00:01Z What follows is an extended, entertaining rush of sometimes breathtaking action as Dupontel’s laconic antihero attempts to save those he loves. ‘The Prey’: Distractions slow down exciting chase 2013-06-06T20:26:27Z Paul, a plodding, laconic milquetoast whose dental practice is failing, acquires mysterious healing powers. Movie Review: ‘Touchy Feely’ Explores Family Emotions 2013-09-05T22:05:20Z Makine's laconic, sardonic portrait of the new Russia is laced with fury. The Life of an Unknown Man by Andre? Makine 2010-10-02T11:18:00Z Then there's his rolling, laconic accent, which he has a lot of fun with. Why I prefer the US version of The Killing to the Danish original 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z From the start, Archer’s voice exhibits the laconic factuality and low-keyed wit we associate with Hammett and Raymond Chandler: ‘It’s All One Case’ is a revealing look at detective master Ross Macdonald 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Mark Lockheart Ellington in Anticipation Subtone Records Saxophonist Mark Lockheart, a key contributor to the laconic lyricism of Polar Bear, has been quietly evolving into one of the UK scene's outstanding composers. Mark Lockheart: Ellington in Anticipation – review 2013-02-14T21:50:01Z When he did, it was in a vague, laconic manner that belied the depth of his intense intellect and wide-ranging influences. Review | ‘Calder: The Conquest of Space’ paints a stunning portrait of an ever-evolving artist 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z His performance of his acerbic paean to “My Attorney Bernie” was unsurpassed, particularly his laconic crooning of the song’s refrain: Dave Frishberg, Writer of Songs Sardonic and Nostalgic, Dies at 88 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z At the eye of this not-so-quiet storm is an atypical soul singer: White's dry, laconic burr lends a further wrinkle of intrigue to the group's country honk. Matthew E White – review 2013-01-24T17:46:03Z As McConaughey, the laconic actor whose credits include “Dallas Buyers Club,” “True Detective” and quirky ads for the Lincoln Motor Company, describes the ride: “my résumé so far on the way to my eulogy.” ‘Celebrity Book Club’ Goes Live 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z This is not the classic laconic lawman who is the unruffled good guy, or even the amoral warrior, but something much more complicated and elusive. Bill Paxton: sad loss of a superb supporting actor with leading man chops | Peter Bradshaw 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z He's gruff, laconic, alienated from their son and incapable of showing his feelings. Song for Marion – review 2013-02-24T00:05:36Z About half the songs on “You and Your Sister” are like that—indelible, lovely, emotionally fraught, delivered with a laconic naturalness but with intellectual landmines. An Obsessive Listen to a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Album 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z And not only because the laconic one-liner with a sleazy undertow is one his lyrical calling cards. Bill Callahan: 'I've finally accepted that I'm an entertainer' 2011-03-31T11:47:40Z Three strangers dealing with mourning - a middle-aged widow, a laconic teen and a convenience store owner - become connected in surprising ways. Actor Hamish Linklater evolves into playwright 2013-01-31T14:16:10Z David Mackenzie’s Hell or High Water was a story of two brothers on a crime spree in west Texas, pursued by a laconic sheriff. Under fire: how cinema's new breed of cowboys are taking aim at the old west 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z It’s pretty nihilistic stuff, all barely held together by laconic host TJ Lavin, whose major pet peeve is quitters, which he will mention whenever he can. American Idol: a final farewell to the 'Death Star' of reality TV 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z The detective made a short, laconic phone call to Salander and Crawford's work was shipped to Wyoming that week. The art world's Bernie Madoff, and his deceptions 2010-10-24T06:16:00Z His dialogue is tight, laconic and razor sharp; if Elmore Leonard or Lee Child discovered surfing, they might sound something like this. Books of The Times: ‘The Kings of Cool’ by Don Winslow 2012-06-17T19:58:19Z In common with many focused athletes, she was laconic when discussing her motivation. Catalan human tower dazzles crowd in London 2013-04-19T17:44:10Z The comedy is often of this laconic kind. Jade Ladder: Contemporary Chinese Poetry edited by WN Herbert and Yang Lian with Brian Holton and Qin Xiaoyu 2012-07-06T21:55:07Z He had fought in the first world war, but it was a nightmarish experience he never referred to, beyond the occasional laconic comment. Author, author: Paul Bailey 2011-01-15T00:05:47Z Her father, the actor Sam Waterston, took in the scene unflappably, his reaction as measured as those of Jack McCoy, his famously laconic alter ego in “Law and Order.” Katherine Waterston of ‘Inherent Vice’ Shyly Captivates the Fashion World 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z He and Grant made an interesting duo: Sherman garrulous, Grant laconic and determined. Marching through Georgia 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z For example, I can’t read a book by William Burroughs without hearing his laconic nasal twang in every sentence. Laurie Anderson Needs Your Help Finding an Image From Balzac 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Ms. Nochimson said that in his response, Mr. Chase was “laconic.” David Chase Says Remarks About 'Sopranos' Finale Were Misconstrued 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Brad Pitt plays his typical laconic self, and there are sight gags that seem to have been recycled from his role in "The Lost City" earlier this year. Why, Damien Chazelle, why?!: "Babylon" is a busy, bawdy and bad orgy of Hollywood nothingness 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z His protagonists are often laconic men of action, badly overmatched by the women in their lives. Story collections by Thomas McGuane, Luis Alberto Urrea and Graham Swift 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z “Her voice, laconic, flip, with an edge of cruelty, is always entertaining, and in the medieval setting of Lapvona, she’s able to indulge her interest in the grotesque.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z It’s a book that has completely internalized the lessons of popular war fiction: Heroes are laconic and world-weary, women are redemptive, only nature is “real,” a biplane is always close by to escape on. Six New Thrillers for Fall 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Australian audiences loved to see themselves in the laconic and gruff characters with soft hearts that they played, Turnour said. Aussie film star Bill Hunter dies of cancer at 71 2011-05-22T01:31:06Z “As this riveting novel unfolds — in brilliant, laconic, grimly comic fashion — it becomes apparent that the state is, in its own way, a frightful head,” our reviewer, Jason Goodwin, writes. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Also suspicious was Lochte’s claim that he responded to his assailants’ threat of violence with a single, laconic “Whatever”—though, to be fair, that response is totally in keeping with Lochte’s brand of dimpled unflappability. Ryan Lochte’s Perfect Summer Scandal 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Cory, for example, is in many ways the paradigm of the lone, laconic gunslinger. With ‘Wind River,’ Taylor Sheridan continues to smash western stereotypes 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Ms. Sedgwick wisely takes a laconic approach to the supernatural and a romantic approach to the scientific. Newly Released Books 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z The slightly blank expression on the furry faces of both main characters adds to the humor, and Climo’s laconic repartee between predator and prey is aimed pretty squarely at a 4-year-old’s funny bone. Review | Four new books to help your kids laugh and learn 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z It’s a laconic tale, and under Bill Largess’s direction the chats on the porch over tea and pie are unhurried. Review | It’s almost a wonderful life in the surprising 1940s throwback ‘See Rock City’ 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Yet in Toronto, he sounded a little defensive about his films' laconic style. 'Hereafter' Review: Clint Eastwood Goes Supernatural 2010-09-15T18:45:00Z The Hemingway model of American manhood lost its nuance and depth but kept its core when Hollywood made this laconic archetype the familiar cowboy, soldier and action hero of cinema. Trump’s “alpha-male” paradox: How gender bias makes his behavior seem manly, no matter what 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z This is meaningful now, but is hard to imagine that a hundred years from now such a laconic, abstract image will stir the feelings that it does today. Art Review: ?Infinite Jest? at the Metropolitan Museum - Review 2011-09-15T21:19:50Z "Soon it would be too hot" is the laconic first sentence of The Drowned World. The Drowned World by JG Ballard 2012-07-13T07:00:07Z These digital communions lend Assayas’ laconic thriller the feeling of a Russian nesting doll, each layer hiding a new dead body, and the film’s centerpiece sequence remains the greatest texting scene in movie history. The 7 best movies new to Netflix in February 2019 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z And, of course, there's Matt Berninger's deep, laconic vocals, which pluck indiscriminately but effectively at one's heartstrings, the epitome of sorrow. Songs that are hungry and horny 2010-04-27T11:56:00Z His band uses electronics to toss in the odd percussive loop or synthesizer swoop; his guitar playing is laconic but pointed; and his lyrics mingle existential fears with his blandishments. CMJ 2014: Son Little and Sons of an Illustrious Father Offer Roots Variations 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Keith’s lead at that point in the song is so intense and laconic; completely unimpressive as virtuoso display and yet so intensely rocking in part for that very reason. “Gimme Shelter” in Central Park 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z But even more distinctive are its dawdling rhythms, laconic performances and willingness to turn down the sound. Review: ‘Fear the Walking Dead,’ a Show About a Plague’s Start (What Zombies?) 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Phoebe enlists the help of Sam Heist, the feral detective of the title, a laconic and alluring Philip Marlowe type who has ties to the local community of runaways. In “The Feral Detective,” Jonathan Lethem Returns to Detective Noir for the Trump Era 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Maybe his family is frustrated by his grouchiness and poor interpersonal communication skills, at least based on his laconic sullenness with the doctor. Review: ‘A Beautiful Noise’ Makes for a Morose Neil Diamond Musical 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z Coleman kept up this laconic style throughout, and was much missed when his role was downgraded for the fifth series. The Wire re-up: season five, episode 10 - Baltimore's Academy Awards 2010-04-19T23:15:00Z Detective Harry Bosch doesn’t actually say “This is the city: Los Angeles, California,” but “Bosch” — whose fourth season went up Friday on Amazon Prime — is the spiritual heir to that granddaddy of laconic L.A. procedurals. Review: ‘Bosch’ and the Art of the Pure Police Procedural 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z The ceaselessly laconic actor meets Mark Kermode to raise an eyebrow on behalf of his new historical drama Hyde Park On Hudson, which looks a lot like The King's Speech II: This Time It's American. TV highlights 06/02/2013 2013-02-05T20:00:01Z But his respect for good lyrics, self-deprecating gags and shrewd use of his sidemen's improv skills make him an artist of genuine class and laconic charm, if not a trailblazer. Curtis Stigers – review 2012-07-01T16:03:01Z What makes the novel so gripping, apart from Koryta's scalpel-sharp prose and eye for detail, is the characterisation of Wagner, a laconic drifter haunted by the past. Eric Brown's science fiction choice ? reviews 2011-03-05T00:07:12Z It’s in the great laconic characters of the Western. The moon landing was a giant leap for movies, too 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z It’s no wonder Mitchell turned down a song Prince offered her, “Emotional Pump”; its angular funk and laconic verses hardly suit her style. Prince’s Vault Reveals a Brilliant Trove With ‘Sign O’ the Times’ 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z She told laconic stories as unhinged as the times. Pioneers of the Downtown Scene: a walk on the wall side 2011-03-02T21:30:01Z “Just because it’s clean outside doesn’t mean that people don’t live with garbage,” said Svetlana Sugako, a laconic young woman with a vigilant air and a slow, warming grin. Banned in Belarus, but the Shows Go On 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z “It’s always a shock when something comes out and it feels so relevant,” he says, in his laconic surfer-dude tone, talking to me by phone from his home in Los Angeles. People opened up because I'm the Beavis and Butt-head guy': Mike Judge on his new funk direction 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z What she found may not have looked like much to the untrained eye: Greg Labbe, the mayor of Leadville, recently said, with laconic wonder, that “there were dusty rolls of stuff in the attic.” A Hidden Trove Gives a Glimpse of Opera in the Wild West 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Leonard, famous for his gritty cowboys, hardened crooks and laconic cops, won the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. U.S. novelist Elmore Leonard hospitalized following stroke 2013-08-06T19:44:23Z The sagas on which the film is based are “very laconic,” he said. Alexander Skarsgard’s Viking Dream 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Hirsch said the main challenge he faced in playing Frank, who pushes the film's action along, was the character's laconic nature and the film's sparse dialogue. 'The Motel Life' explores brotherly love in a seedy, sad setting 2013-11-08T14:08:29Z He tells us at length how furious Coldplay make him, but the delivery is laconic. Phill Jupitus ? review 2011-08-09T11:44:08Z None of which remotely impresses the laconic Jones, always a determinedly anti-establishment figure with no patience for celebrity culture or the self-seriousness that often attaches itself to the folk revival. What the folk! Nic Jones is back 2012-06-28T19:00:01Z When she visited Bremer before his release, something about the laconic inmate with no place to go “caught my heart right from the beginning.” He shot George Wallace to be famous. Now he lives in silence. 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z He connects with a laconic bartender, and they begin an affair. ‘Minyan’ Review: Cruising Delancey 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z This poetic, laconic and ineffably beautiful drama has an unerring feel for its subject, a young cowboy struggling against his implacable fate in the American West. ‘The Rider’ Review: A Cowboy Life in the Balance 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z "We are little more laconic up here and understand Beckett's dark humor," he said. Beckett link brings 'Happy Days' back to Northern Irish town 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z “Call Your Name” — from Karen Elson’s second album, “Double Roses” — is a laconic song of mourning, expansively rendered. The Playlist: Harry Styles and Beth Ditto Take the Plunge and Go Solo 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z Also key is the dovetailing of Pitt’s podium persona with his character in the film: macho yet laconic, tough yet up for concluding a speech with a shoutout for kindness. How Brad Pitt's zen reinvention has paved the way for Oscar glory 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z “Wolfe’s voice, his mélange of technical jargon, test pilot shop-talk and whiz-bang hyperbole, is the perfect foil for the cool, laconic West Virginia drawl of those True Brothers in the cockpit.” Your Tom Wolfe Reader 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Decades of Hollywood romantic treatment have turned the cowboy hat, revolver in the holster, and laconic man or beautiful woman on horseback into the iconography of “rugged individualism.” “Yellowstone,” an American purgatory: No heroes in Kevin Costner’s new Western series 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z She encouraged him, and with a new focus on composition, he cultivated a distinctively laconic style purged of excess and meticulously designed from meaningful gestures. A Composer’s Final Work Contains ‘Visions’ of an American Master 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z His signature laconic tone was unmistakable: wide-eyed yet world-weary, and shot through with grace and absurd humor. Review: Byronic Heroism Can’t Save ‘Sardanapal’ in Berlin 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Today’s therapist or physician-narrator so often follows in the footsteps of the gentleman detective — laconic, impersonal, invariably heroic. A Lucid, Literary Illustration of the Complex, Beautiful Work of Memory 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z On a recent visit to Fantasma, “Magic Mo,” a laconic 14-year-old who wouldn’t part with his real name, fanned the cards while he waited for his mentor. Steal this album: What happens if no one pays for music? 2012-06-20T11:45:00Z The actor, who’s been making movies for a while but is probably better known in the New York theater world, is absolutely sensational, in the role of a love-struck but laconic cowboy, opposite Zoe Kazan. The 10 biggest movie surprises of 2018, from Melissa McCarthy to ‘Mowgli’ 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z This septuagenarian journalist turned author has become the poet laureate of the anti-globalisation movement by adding a laconic, poetic voice to non-fiction. Eduardo Galeano: 'My great fear is that we are all suffering from amnesia' 2013-07-23T16:41:00Z Ms. Proulx said in a statement that one of her goals in writing it was “to preserve the dry and laconic western tone” of the story. ArtsBeat: Annie Proulx Writes Libretto for ‘Brokeback Mountain’ Opera 2013-09-11T16:09:23Z They sent him the original version of City, he added a brilliantly laconic verse and they liked it so much it become the official version of the song. New music: Summer Camp – City 2012-07-03T09:25:30Z Margaret Jull Costa, with her habitual skill, has rendered Marías's precise, somewhat laconic Spanish into graceful and equally laconic English, but the title necessarily defeats her. The Infatuations by Javier Marías – review 2013-03-01T17:30:01Z I could listen to Tom Petty for ever: he's got such a wonderful, laconic lugubrious southern way of talking. TV review: Mr Blue Sky – The Story of Jeff Lynne and ELO (BBC4) 2012-10-06T05:00:01Z Edwina, Williams’s mother, was judgmental, frigid and pious, but also as loquacious as her husband was laconic. Making Tenn out of Tom 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z The first violin, he said, was intended to be "fantastic, ornate and mercurial"; the second was "laconic and orderly"; the viola was "expressive"; and the cello was "somewhat impetuous." Award-winning U.S. composer Elliott Carter dies at 103 2012-11-06T00:53:04Z Dell’s voice here — nonjudgmental, insightful, laconic and slightly melancholy but at ease with the language he’s using to plumb his memory — is the central strength of this remarkable novel. ‘Canada,’ by Richard Ford 2012-06-08T22:57:16Z The lyrics Mr. Charles purrs through are laconic but telling. Playlist: Psychedelia of Many Colors, Doo-Wop in Bluesy Shades 2011-08-06T20:30:28Z "Though rich in detail, it's a sparely written story, with the narrator's odd small cruelties, laconic humour and surprising tendernesses emerging through a steady, well-paced, unaffected style," said the judges. Dutch gardener reaps Impac prize 2010-06-17T18:30:00Z Will Close, as England’s captain and star player, Harry Kane, plays up the striker’s famously laconic manner, providing a bathetic counterpoint to the coach’s earnest rhetoric. ‘Dear England’ Review: When Soccer Success Becomes a Moral Victory 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z He also stands to overtake Letterman himself, who if he cares, keeps it well hidden in his laconic drawl. Jimmy Kimmel's move to late-night: a challenge to Letterman and Leno? 2013-01-08T17:38:15Z Miller, 38, by default is the calmer of the two, and with his comparatively calm and laconic manner it's possible to mistake him on set for Lord's talent agent, not creative partner. '22 Jump Street': Phil Lord, Chris Miller are a fresh brand in comedy 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z In a laconic essay to accompany CGI renderings of his Swiftian bubble in situ, the philosopher noted that some "failed states" among the customer target group might not be ready for the full parliamentary "experience". Bubbles by Peter Sloterdijk, translated by Wieland Hoban - review 2012-02-10T22:55:00Z Let me just say at this point that the stereotype of the laconic farmer who speaks only when spoken to, in utterances no longer than a single syllable, is a complete and total myth. ‘Harvest’: A meander through America’s family farms 2012-12-27T20:07:55Z And third, because it shows that O’Brien’s laconic, probing style – which is a million miles from Paxman’s – might be the new DNA of Newsnight. Newsnight's Race To Succeed Jeremy Paxman: LBC's James O'Brien Gets A Try-Out 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Key supporting turns include Dylan J. Fleming as Douglass’s laconic associate Emperor and Josh Adams as Brown’s paranoid sidekick Henri. Review | Theater Alliance, 1st Stage sets tensions between historical visionaries 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z “To me, no material sounds more interesting and a little more dangerous,” said Mr. Barry, a veteran stand-up with a deceptively laid-back and laconic stage presence. Todd Barry’s Film Debuts on His Friend’s Website 2014-03-21T12:00:02Z The only thing slightly raffish about the soft-spoken, laconic author was his nickname, Dutch, and the cloth working-guy caps he wore in all kinds of weather. Elmore Leonard, Who Refined the Crime Thriller, Dies at 87 2013-08-20T14:28:20Z In person Mr. Daniel can be reserved — laconic if we’re being rock ’n’ roll — though not unfriendly or incurious. 2010-01-07T21:50:00Z His trademark laconic drawl only adds to his appeal, even if his points are sometimes hard to grasp. 'People talk about Sicario as if it's a documentary:' Benicio Del Toro on his new thriller 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z He sounds like Bob Dylan or Tom Petty when he sings – laconic, nasal, matter of fact – but his songs thrum and drone and hum like, well, loose ambient rock. The War on Drugs: Slave Ambient ? review 2011-08-13T23:05:23Z The exhibition is tapping into an age-old preoccupation here: With their binge-drinking warriors, laconic humor and scary teeth, were the Vikings more British than the British? Vikings in London, Glamorous but Just Like Family 2014-03-28T13:35:00Z The other presence is the towering trumpeter Miles Davis, the laconic voice of a jazz vanguard that succeeded Armstrong. Theater Review: Louis Armstrong Reminisces in ‘Satchmo at the Waldorf’ 2014-03-21T00:30:14Z The reply is fired back in a laconic mumble: "Nope, only in the sack!" Ray LaMontagne 2010-09-30T21:15:00Z With its dramatic pauses, its "pow" and "whoosh" sound effects and the endearing charm of its laconic host, Through the Wormhole never takes itself too seriously. Your next box set: Through the Wormhole 2011-07-14T18:59:01Z Osborne is suitably laconic and severe in the Sarcasms, gentler and more suggestive in the Visions Fugitives; both are beautifully judged. Mussorgsky: Pictures from an Exhibition; Prokofiev: Sarcasms; Visions Fugitives – review 2013-01-31T21:00:01Z But as enthralled as viewers were with the actors playing the show’s laconic lovers, the fanfare was kept at a literal distance from Edgar-Jones, locked down in London. Daisy Edgar-Jones Would Like the Ingénue Phase of Her Career to End Now 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z With “The Juniper Tree,” he passed on a literary masterpiece of gory fantasy, level and cool and laconic, structured with musical repetition and told with a masterly deadpan command of the horrible. Evil Stepmother, Reimagined 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z One of the challenges of telling this story is that you don't fall into the trap of just being cool, just waltzing through things in this laconic way. Justified: Timothy Olyphant on Elmore Leonard and the golden age of TV 2013-04-27T05:00:00Z Thirteen of the missiles were destroyed in the air, while one hit a ship, the Russian defence ministry said in a typically laconic statement when reporting on Ukraine's strikes on Russian territory or infrastructure. Ukraine hits Russian shipyard in Crimea port, damages ship 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z The Russian defence ministry's laconic statements mostly claim success in destroying the weapons, with little evidence. Don't expect instant success, Ukraine's Zelenskiy warns as he rallies his troops 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z The message to Mr. Jordan is laconic, reading “To Michael Jordan — best wishes, Harper Lee,” as shown in a photo of the front of the book posted in the auction listing. Michael Jordan’s author-signed copy of ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ to be auctioned 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z The architect of N.W.A’s sound — what would become the slow-rolling, laconic style of G-Funk — was not the face of that incendiary group. 50 years, 50 game-changing moments: How hip-hop took over the world 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z While Smith was characteristically laconic in his statement Tuesday, the second Trump indictment his team has produced is, like the first, extraordinarily detailed and informative. Column: Trump is facing his most important indictment yet — and nearly insurmountable odds at trial 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z His voice was laconic and melodic, as if he was articulating a lullaby when he spoke. Angus Cloud: How a night-time stroll made Euphoria's breakout star 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z As narrator, Rue describes Fezco as “not revolving in the same direction as planet Earth,” a quality Cloud, with his laconic delivery, brought uniquely to life. Angus Cloud was the moral backbone of 'Euphoria' 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z The 33-year-old is also contesting his final Tour this year, bowing out considerably earlier than most - but after wining no less than seven green points jerseys during his career, that laconic Slovakian fridge appears full. Safety on the mind as Tour prepares for change 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z If you know Brendan Hunt only through his “Ted Lasso” role as the laconic Coach Beard, this might come as a surprise: He’s a born storyteller with plenty to say. Brendan Hunt is 'gezellig' about the possible return of 'Ted Lasso' and Coach Beard 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Famously shy and laconic, he was not in a talkative mood and declined to talk to journalists, passing them by as he entered the racetrack. Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic back in his Serbian hometown to watch family’s horses compete 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Much more than his laconic performance in the drama “1923,” his hilarious turn as the tough-love psychiatrist/mentor in “Shrinking” shows a side of the storied veteran we haven’t seen before. The 2023 Emmys BuzzMeter: Back with your awards-season viewing guide 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Residents in a state known for being laconic and even-tempered soon were sporting uncensored plates pairing the F-word with “snow,” “haters,” and “ALS,” - the incurable nerodegenerative disease. Maine motorists appeal to keep naughty vanity license plates 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Residents in a state known for being laconic and even-tempered soon were sporting uncensored plates pairing the F-word with “snow,” “haters,” and “ALS,” — the incurable nerodegenerative disease. Maine motorists appeal to keep naughty vanity license plates 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z “I first heard bluegrass in the place where I bought my first guitar,” said the laconic Ceasar in a phone interview. Gail Ceasar to mix spirituality, blues and bluegrass at the National Gallery 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Even Harrison Ford, the great laconic star of many a movie franchise. The Best of 2022 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z His laconic charisma and self-assured subtlety as an actor made him one of the 1980s foremost leading men in movies such as “Broadcast News,” “Body Heat” and “The Big Chill.” Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2022 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z “Cattle want to go where the water flows,” he said while flying with a reporter, speaking with the laconic pace of a grizzled ranch hand. Where Cowboys Fly and Cattle Set Sail: An Epic Food Journey 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z A short, laconic 43-year-old with the air of an ascetic, he punctuates his sentences with long silences while keeping an eye on the hundreds of bubbling chainaks arrayed on the coal stove before him. Taste-fest in a teapot: In crisis-hit Kabul, a master chef and the meaty dish he loves endure 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z We learn that OJ is a laconic cowboy type; Emerald is a talker, and often rather funny. Review | Say yes to ‘Nope,’ Jordan Peele’s alien-invasion western 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Palmer in particular shines with an easy exuberance that feels entirely her own, and Kaluuya embodies the precise kind of laconic cowboy masculinity that defined the leading men of movies like George Stevens’ Shane. Jordan Peele’s Nope is a breathtaking celebration of filmmaking as an art form 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Dig deeper and there’s something truly unique about the album’s jazzy, dreamy beats and Highway’s laconic, laid-back flow. Highway and Charlieonnafriday, who recently released major-label debuts, shape Seattle’s hip-hop sound 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z “The Beautiful People” doesn’t have the same laconic breeziness, but it’s in no hurry to reach a climax. Review: 'The Beautiful People' is an uncomfortable look at combustible male rage 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z You had the kind of laconic star, like Humphrey Bogart, then you have some of the more animalistic and sweaty stars like Brando and James Dean. I’d never seen 1986’s ‘Top Gun,’ so I watched it with the biggest Tom Cruise fan I know 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Before the war, the laconic Ukrainian was a lawyer. Pinned down by Russian fire in key frontline village 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z With his burly build, close-cropped hair, eternal smirk and laconic voice, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has spent his first term trying to present himself as a lonely hero thanklessly taking on societal ills. Column: Sheriff Villanueva just showed the world the petty emptiness behind his bluster 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z ElliQ might suggest jokes to someone who laughs a lot, or keep quieter around a laconic sort. Meet ElliQ, the robot who wants to keep Grandma company 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z And Mr. Hurt — tall, blond and blue-eyed, with a square jaw and charmingly laconic screen persona — was suddenly in great demand. William Hurt, Oscar-winning star of 1980s films, dies at 71 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Known as Laddie, the shy and laconic Ladd was known as one of Hollywood’s most likable and respected movie executives and producers. Alan Ladd Jr., Oscar-winning producer and studio boss who greenlighted 'Star Wars,' has died 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z The president also joked about the contrast between his own reputation for long-windedness and Reid’s laconic style. Obama, Biden pay tribute to Harry Reid: ‘Brilliant, sometimes irascible, deeply good’ 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z In his familiar laconic style, the New England Patriots coach acknowledged that the extraordinarily windy conditions at Highmark Stadium for that night’s showdown against the Buffalo Bills would “definitely be a factor in the game.” How low can Army and Navy go? Expect another low-scoring game in 122nd meeting. 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z He had a reedy, nasal voice with little resonance or range, but he became an engaging and laconic interpreter of his own songs. Dave Frishberg, composer and performer of inventive, witty jazz songs, dies at 88 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z The next, she was sitting down with laconic apple growers with orchards planted generations ago, trying to convince them she could help them avoid wasted fruit. Biotech company aiming to fight food spoilage starts with saving Washington state apples 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z Califf, an avid fan of Duke basketball, is known for a laconic, low-key demeanor. Biden nominates Robert Califf, former Obama FDA chief, as agency commissioner 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z “That was pretty special for me,” the laconic Gose said after the game. Anthony Gose Completes Unusual Conversion, From Hitter to Pitcher 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Musk tweeted a defense of space projects that was written in a laconic style reminiscent of the poet E.E. The Amazonification of Space Begins in Earnest 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z It starred Lachlan Morton, a lanky, laconic Australian cyclist, who used it to outline an audacious stunt. A Tour de France With a Twist: Only 1 Rider 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z I didn’t pay much attention to Rei at first because of his laconic nature. The Composer of Noise 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z The playwright was an ex-TV gag writer, the leading man a laconic, too-handsome-by-half golden retriever type who wasn’t sure he wanted to be an actor. Review: In 'Mike Nichols: A Life,' a brilliant portrait of the director who made his luck 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z His concept was also inspired by an interest, as he puts it, in laconic thinking, which he describes as “using simple words to convey meaning”. 'Truth and lies have eroded': why an artist took over a billboard at the US-Mexico border 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z The stunt resulted in a fine for the club, but it was accepted with a laconic grin. Norway Has a Must-See Team. Barely Anyone Can Watch It. 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z Carver is a complex, laconic, melancholy figure, and Fleishman — a veteran correspondent and the foreign and national editor at the Los Angeles Times — paints him in nuanced detail and lovely prose. Fresh crime fiction from a King County investigator and 2 veteran journalists 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z This earns him the attention of 13-year-old Trey, a laconic, scrappy child whose older brother Brendan has been missing for the last six months. Review: Thriller mastermind Tana French tries on a neo-Western 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Others were sardonic and laconic: “Sign me up for English classes.” Outcry as Spanish councillor uses face mask to fake speech 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z And the laconic, world-weary protagonist in Webb’s story was a perfect fit for Hoffman. Charles Webb, who inspired a Hollywood classic with 'The Graduate,' dies at 81 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Trust us when we say that’s a fastball from the laconic loyalist from South Dakota. The bubblicious Trump campaign 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z This is a relatively loquacious answer for Merritt, whose laconic baritone has had many interviewers tearing their hair out. Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields: 'I used to live in a commune where music was forbidden' 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Interestingly, you learned that even in a goofy golf situation and unshaven, Woods remains a fairly laconic and methodical sort. Perspective | No crowds meant you could hear the players at the Match II, and some of it was revealing 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z Williams laughs, her laconic outlaw baritone spilling into a surprising giggle. Lucinda Williams: 'I don't mind pushing people's buttons' 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z Director Scott Teems keeps this laconic potboiler on a steady simmer, even when a few plot twists beg credulity. New movies to stream this week: ‘A White, White Day,’ ‘The Quarry’ and more 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z Four years later, when the series premiered on NBC-TV, Mr. Drury brought more restraint to the part, playing a laconic foreman of the Shiloh ranch in 1890s Wyoming. James Drury, star of long-running TV western ‘The Virginian,’ dies at 85 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z A tall and laconic Glaswegian, Jackson is known for his oral submissions and gift for simplifying complex legal issues and cases, say his colleagues. Legal heavyweights prepare for start of Alex Salmond trial 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Born in Burlington, Vermont, in 1928 as Dallas Frederick Burrows, he never lost the Yankee accent that proved a perfect complement to the dry, laconic storytelling that established him as popular humorist. Actor-comedian Orson Bean, 91, hit and killed by car in LA 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z “Louche, languid, laconic. A lounge lizard, like I’m a nuisance around women.” Bill Nighy: ‘It takes me a long time to recover if I see myself on screen' 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Lehrer, by contrast, had a windblown voice with echoes of his Kansas and Texas upbringing, and he never lost the laconic, slightly rumpled manner of the newspaper city editor he had once been. Jim Lehrer, understated PBS news anchor and presidential debate moderator, dies at 85 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z The laconic McConnell eschews social media, can be hard-pressed to make small talk, sometimes sits silent in meetings, according to those who have attended, and can repel reporters’ questions by refusing to utter a syllable. Senate's McConnell keeps cool in heated Trump impeachment trial 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Soft-spoken and laconic, he tends to wait several long seconds before answering questions, and then says something on the order of “Possibly,” “Not necessarily,” or “Unclear.” The Past and the Future of the Earth’s Oldest Trees 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z The laconic McConnell eschews Twitter, sometimes sits silently listening in meetings, according to those who have attended, and can repel reporters’ questions by refusing to utter a syllable. Trump must now depend on 'Grim Reaper' McConnell to save him in Senate trial 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z In the words of the delightfully laconic character played by Matt Damon: nope. ‘Ford v Ferrari’ review: Hold on for a thrilling ride with Christian Bale, Matt Damon 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z At 59, she’s both laconic and blunt, someone for whom, in her words, “stuff just flies out of my mouth, I don’t care.” Why thousands of Amazon packages converge on a tiny Montana town 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Freud’s plants are irremediably engulfed in their laconic character and imperturbable demeanour. Forget Lucian Freud's nudes – he was a magnificent painter of plants 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z These tend to be laconic affairs, heavy on technical language, empty of drama. A terrible crime, a patient waiting for a transplant: The tragic, redemptive journey of one heart. 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Like her debut novel, which Sagan wrote at 17, the latest release is a laconic dissection of the lives of the haute bourgeoisie. 'Lost' Françoise Sagan novel causes stir in France 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z “No, I will stay at the Football Association for ever,” he says, at last, in a tone so low and so laconic you feel there must be a hint of a smile. Football in Palestine: a sporting pursuit seen as ‘more noble than war’ | Nicholas Blincoe 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z With a laconic, restrained demeanor in and out of the courtroom, Mr. Lazarus traveled to tribal council meetings across the country, offering legal advice on budgets, land claims and dealings with the federal government. Arthur Lazarus Jr., who represented Sioux Nation in landmark Supreme Court case, dies at 92 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z "I expected Mueller to be terse, direct, laconic and concise," Green said. Pro-impeachment Rep. Al Green: No 'wow' moment from Mueller 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z At the time, we had only the laconic voices of the astronauts and Mission Control to shape our impressions, and they made the whole thing sound about as exciting as sweeping the garage. Opinion | 50 years after the moon landing, Apollo 11 remains a miracle 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Although as an historian Walker can appreciate chattiness, with hundreds of log books to get through, he prefers the laconic scribes who stuck to the facts making 30 entries on a single page. Whaling logs yield clues for modern-day climate studies 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Sagan, in his own laconic fashion, said the goals were the “same as every year”. Cycling: Nibali unsure on Tour de France tactics, Sagan targets... 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z The laconic former Colorado governor, struggling to get a foothold in the primary, made a pitch to moderate voters. Factbox: How each U.S. Democratic candidate performed in the... 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z His doubts were echoed by current Council President Donald Tusk - chairman of the leaders’ summit - who expressed his skepticism in a laconic Twitter message. New EU summit likely as bloc is split over who gets top jobs 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z She and the painter are talking, and Javier does not hear any change in the painter’s usual laconic rhythms. “Javi” 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Solitary, laconic, inscrutable — she will always be to me that lone woman sitting in the grass with her hands spread wide. Opinion | She would have been the first American woman in space. Congress held her back. 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z “It’s totally different, but the play stays the same,” she replied with her usual laconic efficiency. My brunch with Glenda Jackson: A critic goes another round with Broadway’s King Lear 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z The psychiatrist was both laconic and somehow heedless in his dealings with the paranormal. The Psychiatrist Who Believed People Could Tell the Future 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z In one scene, Mr. Finney dispatches a couple of villains with a double-barreled shotgun, ending the encounter with a laconic, “Welcome to Scotland.” Albert Finney, whose bawdy role in ‘Tom Jones’ earned him the first of five Oscar nominations, dies at 82 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z There was a kind of reticence, a holding back, in their conversations with me, a laconic quality. Robert A. Caro on the Secrets of Lyndon Johnson’s Archives 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Before she died, Posh was thrilled with the roofer I’d picked, a laconic cowboy type who came highly recommended. There's another gift bag on the porch. Thanks, secret Santa 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z The stories, often involving a fancy-pants tourist and a laconic Mainer who gets the last word, set the stage for regional humorists who followed. Half of iconic Bert & I duo dies 60 years after recording 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Tall enough to be imposing, he’s also laconic and shy, with a knack for making jokes so quiet that they only reveal themselves upon reflection. Yorgos Lanthimos’s Polarizing Visions 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z He's also been able to respond to Cruz's hyperventilating attacks with a laconic Texas cool that most of us from the state like to imagine we have. Win or lose, Betomania has been a big victory for Texas progressives 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Roadside bombs, firefights, mortar shells whistling down in the night — men he fought with say he faced them with a generous wad of tobacco in his cheek and a laconic confidence they found contagious. After 7 Deployments and 6 Bronze Stars, Killed by an Afghan Ally 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Lartigue is an intimidating figure — a stern, laconic man with a shaved head and a stout frame. How the Trump administration went easy on small-town police abuses 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z He always bore a laconic smile and frequently offered wisecracks, invariably comforted his many visitors, and occasionally hurled verbal thunderbolts at his former adversaries. Opinion | A Life of Service, Lived With Good-Natured Irreverence 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z The father’s trite, self-indulgent prose jars with the son’s laconic style. How Jorge Barón Biza Turned His Family Tragedy Into Fiction 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Her mother she recalls as “very laconic and very withholding.” The Hunger Artist 2000-02-28T05:00:00Z Seven years before Scorpion, Drake shifted down gears for Marvin’s Room, the laconic first single from his Take Care album. Tainted love: how Drake started pop’s erotic comedown 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z In the next scene, after a quiet lull, we catch a hint of what lies beneath their laconic friendship. Wasted youth: The drama of the unspoken isn’t enough in Annie Baker’s “The Aliens” at 12th Ave Arts 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z “I think he’s all right” is all Dole will say, still the laconic Midwesterner and practiced pol. Bob Dole’s final mission 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Since Johnson, 33, knows himself and seems comfortable, he often slyly plays off his image as the laconic primitive, eyes shrouded under his pulled down cap. Perspective | Dustin Johnson might not be the thinking-man’s champion, and that’s just fine 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Johnson’s description of his round Friday was—as Chandler would put it—typically laconic. Dustin Johnson setting himself apart with power, skill, and indifference - Golf Digest 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z At one point during the meeting, Miller heavily criticized Tillerson, drawing a rare rebuke from the laconic secretary of state, who said he deserved respect. The hostile border between Trump and the head of DHS 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Despite deep progressive angst about the Democratic nominee’s laconic style, Northam thumped Gillespie in the general election and brought coattails that led to big down-ballot gains. Analysis | The Democratic establishment shows its strength where it most needs it 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z The tee shot came up a little short and a little right, settling off the green, and Wise was talkative with the laconic Dilley as they strode along the water to the green. Aaron Wise's courageous near-miss at the Wells Fargo - Golf Digest 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z In person, Harris can come across on the surface as laconic and somewhat gruff. Ed Harris pulls double duty in HBO series 'Westworld' and Netflix movie 'Kodachrome' 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z Wish Trump was less moronic, and more laconic. Trump Cancels Trip to Latin America, Citing Crisis in Syria 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z It's a gift that he has passed on to his more soft-spoken son, who both fits the handsome, laconic cowboy mold and breaks triumphantly free of it. Chloé Zhao's cowboy drama 'The Rider' is a moving, lyrical tale of loss and recovery 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z But the veteran Texan oilman had survived similar battles before, riding out presidential satisfaction by marshalling his allies, and affecting a laconic unconcern about the backstabbing ways of Washington. Rex Tillerson: a rocky road with Trump that ended with a 4am surprise firing 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z The collection is full of bristling guitars and the trademark push and pull between Janovitz's yelp 'n' yowl and Colbourn's laconic croon. Premiere: Boston rockers Buffalo Tom come back into focus on 'Quiet and Peace' 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Zagitova is laconic outside the rink but expressive on the ice, skating her free program to composer Leon Minkus’ “Don Quixote” in a flashy red tutu. Teen training partner threatens Medvedeva coronation 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z Consider the Church of Satan’s laconic Twitter feed that wryly corrects those taking the dark lord’s name in vain. Hell freezes over: how the Church of Satan got cool 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z He cultivates the image of a hard man, lanky, laconic and Arkansas-tough. Opinion | Tillerson’s fall could turn State into a hawk’s nest 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Lucky’s desert shack, style of dress and laconic affect all scream “cowboy,” and he is indeed a rugged individualist, albeit one whom advanced age has reduced to a fairly simple circuit of activities. ‘Lucky’ review: Harry Dean Stanton’s final film moseys along perfectly 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z It is a touching scene of laconic masculine love — emotion expressed not directly but through the medium of shared wilderness activities. The Mind of John McPhee 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Zagitova is laconic outside the rink but expressive on the ice, skating her free program to composer Leon Minkus’ “Don Quixote” in a flashy red tutu. Teen training partner threatens Medvedeva coronation 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z There’s a hint of Latin music in the way Nick Zinner’s guitar hops around in syncopated arpeggios, while Brian Chase’s drums sketch a laconic backbeat. null 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z But Savage was the perfect foil of sinister and laconic. At Day N Night's close, Kendrick Lamar and YG take back the party from politics 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z Instead, it takes its patient, plodding mood from the laconic Warner who, outside of occasional outbursts, greets this horror with uncommon poise and not very much surprise. Review: In ‘Crown Heights’ a wrongful conviction in Brooklyn 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z While the shameless neo-Nazis march, a posse of FBI agents, led by a laconic hombre named Robert Mueller, are closing in on Trump and the corrupt clique around him. Are there ways anti-Trump resisters and #NeverTrump conservatives can work together to rid us of our noxious president? 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z While both men are intense, Gehry is more severe, his laconic conversation punctuated by dramatic pauses. An Architect and an Artist Walk Into a Barn 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Renner, a two-time Oscar nominee, has been excellent in the past, but he really excels in a role that demands he be both laconic and emotional in an unfussy way. 'Wind River' shows how crime thrillers should be made, with a stellar turn from Jeremy Renner 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z The album is burned into the memories of many an Angeleno and Long Beach resident who grew up around it — the bawdy skits, the slow-rolling funk bass and Snoop’s sneering, laconic delivery. Snoop Dogg to revisit a classic at Hard Summer 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z His Western drawl and laconic presence made him a reluctant movie star too. Sam Shepard, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor, dies at 73 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Just as a laconic Romeo can get his message across with a mere “i lv u,” a good code first compresses information to its most efficient form. Profile of Claude Shannon, Inventor of Information Theory 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z “Oh, I’m not going anywhere,” Johnson says in his laconic drawl, which reveals his upbringing in South Carolina. Dustin Johnson: can golf’s world No 1 stay out of the rough? 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Every video of someone finding a snake found indoors and staying totally, implausibly laconic. From Courtney Barnett to Beer Snake 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Best yet: he’s got two versions: one solo, and one boosted by the heavyweight presence of Jay-Z and his brilliantly laconic former Odd Future affiliate, Tyler the Creator. Sounds like summer: our writers pick their songs of the season 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z One of the greatest TV detective shows of all time — from the genre’s finest era — stars the versatile James Garner, an actor equally adept at being a laconic adventure hero and doing deadpan comedy. New Video: 'Lego Batman' has comic zing — and plenty of action 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z There was something almost heartbreaking about the questions posed by the audience to the defence secretary, a lean man with a craggy face, the cropped silver hair of a Marine, and a laconic speaking-style. James Mattis tries to reassure Asian allies about Donald Trump 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z In the ad, “Listening,” Northam speaks in his laconic Virginia drawl about the importance of listening as a doctor and in his current position as lieutenant governor. Why this Democratic candidate, who has an M.D., calls Trump a ‘narcissistic maniac’ 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z “What are you doing?” he asked the man, who responded with the a laconic, “I’m cleaning.” In Mosul, desperate families dodge bullets to reach safety: 'There's a sniper here' 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel, a stocky, laconic engineer by training who began his career as a provincial bureaucrat, is expected to assume only one of Raul Castro’s roles — the presidency. Cuba a year from getting new, non-Castro president 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Now try a laconic retake, emphasis on “meant”, ironic buck-passing intended. We love Harrison Ford even when he’s causing real life havoc. Here’s why | Catherine Shoard 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Later, the title character, played by a brooding, laconic Keanu Reeves, proves his lethal facility with that same writing implement, in a scene that is sublimely silly, jaw-droppingly brutal and irrationally satisfying. ‘John Wick: Chapter 2’: Stylish, hyperviolent, and almost irrationally satisfying. 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Someone reported on the radio that the blast had destroyed another Humvee, and had killed Omar Ibrahim, the laconic first lieutenant. The Desperate Battle to Destroy ISIS 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z This cartoon character, whose droopy eyelids and laconic smile became the go-to reaction image for tens of thousands of wags in online comment threads, was reportedly the most shared character on Tumblr in 2015. Beyoncé to Black Mirror; the culture that defines 2016 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Certainly, when compared with most modern video games, this laconic, slow-burning story of a man named Henry and the summer he spends as a National Park fire lookout is unusual. The Best Video Games of 2016 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z Despite a reputation for lacking charisma, he displays a dry, laconic wit as a public speaker and has boxed publicly for charity. Bill English Is Chosen as New Zealand’s Prime Minister 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z "He was also a very funny guy and a very laconic guy and a very laid back guy." Belfast singer-songwriter Bap Kennedy dies - BBC News 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Bennet, a laconic politician who had never won an election before 2010, has dismantled Glenn much the way Democrats had intended to dismantle Cruz had he become the nominee. Cruz, ignoring Trump, makes his case to keep the Senate in GOP hands 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z The laconic Oklahoma native, who has spearheaded billions of dollars’ worth of deals for the telecom colossus, famously maintains a lengthy list of potential acquisitions. Code Names and Covert Meetings in AT&T’s Courtship of Time Warner 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Jenkins portrays a laconic but sweet young man in a rough part of Miami. The cliche coming-of-age movie is reborn with these fresh stories and characters 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Life there is laconic and sumptuous without seeming extravagant. Falling in Love With Italy’s Blissful, Rustic Aeolian Islands 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z He did that with a display of aggressiveness — some critics judged it over the top — that contrasted with Obama’s laconic posture against Romney in Denver. Kaine, Pence wage an unsatisfying proxy war in vice-presidential debate 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Steve Harvey on the other hand, who’s also in town for Paris Fashion Week, commented with a laconic, “Wow, this is crazy. Hope everyone’s OK.” Celebrities rally around Kim Kardashian West after robbery at gunpoint at Paris Fashion Week 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Rhodes, a laconic, watchful thirty-five-year-old who aspired to be a novelist before Obama hired him, asked for the portfolio; despite his inexperience, he got it. A New Cuba 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Mara, having investigated laconic subtlety in the likes of "Carol," manages to convey an uncommon mixture of tenderness and ferocity. How Rooney Mara's incendiary 'Una' will advance the sexual-assault conversation at Telluride, Toronto and into Oscar season 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z I am reminded of what the famously laconic San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich often says, in answer to post-game questions about what his team needs to do to play better: “Make more shots.” The Brilliance of Usain Bolt, Mo Farah, and Wayde Van Niekerk 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z And it’s no bait and switch for a gonzo left-turn involving laconic clones, convoluted time travel yarns, or impromptu voyages to the moon. Review: 'I Am Setsuna' Will Scratch Your Nostalgic Roleplaying Itch 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z As the laconic champion comically understated, “That would have been bad.” What Really Happened: Dustin Johnson, the USGA and the U.S. Open Fiasco - Golf Digest 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Many Iceland fans were laconic, describing England's defeat as "Brexit-2", in a reference to last week's referendum when the UK voted to leave the European Union. Euro 2016: Iceland fans react after victory over England - BBC News 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z And there seemed scant consolation in his laconic summary of what he would rather be remembered for. The downfall of David Cameron: a European tragedy 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z The laconic Johnson tends to speak in sentences as short as his drives are long. Dustin Johnson Wins U.S. Open Despite Rules Controversy 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z “It started four pages ago,” he replies in his laconic New England drawl. Colin Firth plays the self-effacing literary editor Maxwell Perkins in ‘Genius’ 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z The reporters’ beau ideal of a boxer was the laconic Joe Louis. Muhammad Ali, Titan of Boxing and the 20th Century, Dies at 74 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z He has a laconic, understated way of speaking, as though he were trying to downplay the outrage and the hilarity that animate his prose. A Pakistani Novelist Tests the Limits 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z “Musical differences, business differences, personal differences” was McCartney’s own laconic formula, offered when he released the first post-Beatles album, in April of 1970. Paul McCartney’s Magnificent Melodic Gift 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Phipps was a big man with a poker face and was given to laconic pronouncements. A King of the Sport He Helped Make Better 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z “We spend a lot of time and resources going after those people,” says Dave Powers, who has a surprisingly laconic demeanour for the president of such a large company. Ugg: the look that refused to die | Marisa Meltzer 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z The Cypriot Foreign Ministry corroborated the report with a laconic tweet on its official account saying “It’s over. The hijacker arrested.” EgyptAir hijacker surrenders after tense, hours-long standoff 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z Arquimedes makes laconic calls to panicked relatives demanding payment for the return of their loved ones. MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Clan’ movie from Argentina adds black comedy to mass murder 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Photograph: Jack Robinson/Getty Images The unintended consequence of writing about laconic, iron-jawed heroes was that Wolfe repressed his most rococo stylistic flourishes. The 100 best nonfiction books: No 7 – The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe (1979) 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Composed in laconic dialogue as an 80-minute series of brief scenes, the play begins at an airport as the three men, now in their 30s, await their flight. Review: In ‘Ropes,’ a High-Wire Act of Brotherly Bonding 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z And he didn’t waste time yapping in his trademark laconic drawl about his enemies’ motivation, he just shot them dead with ruthless efficiency. Why John Wayne remains an icon of the right 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z A quiet and laconic man, he doesn’t fit the stereotype of a ruthless smuggler. Stories of 2015: the refugee who became a people smuggler 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Mr Kasich was not exactly mobbed—his style is laconic, even rambling, at such hustings. The Firewall State 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Paris was spared during the Nazi occupation, but many of its citizens were not, with many of them commemorated on laconic plaques scattered through the city. Parisians Fear Terror Attacks Will Divide, Not Unite, the City 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z “After a disaster of this scale, it can’t issue a laconic statement as if it weren’t obliged to act immediately.” Deadly dam burst in Brazil prompts calls for stricter mining regulations 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Cautious, canny and laconic in the extreme, he began his legal career in private practice, then went to work for a State Supreme Court justice in Manhattan. In Two Corruption Cases, the Culture of Albany Will Go on Trial 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z He is a laconic joy, a regular reminder that the truly cool people have no idea they are cool. Pakistan v England: third Test, day one – live! 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z He upended conventional wisdom in the first two debates, he was kind of a laconic presence, but people didn’t really care. What to Look for in the Republican Presidential Debate 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z It’s so throwback that I actually thought of Henry Fonda’s laconic cadences as the understated, cool William Hardy played Jack Key, while Gillian Shelly played Elizabeth Nash like a curvy, antsy Holly Hunter. From Maytag to Macbeth in Women’s Voices Festival: Can’t complain 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Their mission reflects a messy “post-Benghazi world”, says the marines’ commander, a laconic colonel. Owl meets bear 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Traditionally, northern Sweden is known for its gritty working class and laconic residents who say little and sometimes breathe loudly to signify yes. Cold, hard data: inside Facebook's Swedish hub near the Arctic Circle 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z He is a laconic joy, a regular reminder that the truly cool people have no idea they are cool. Pakistan v England: third Test, day one – live! 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Bush's camp had said before the debate that the son and brother of past presidents would come out swinging in this one after a laconic performance last time. This time, Trump is grounded by barrage from his GOP rivals 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Where the father was a fierce, inveterate talker, Izhar, the youngest, was genial and laconic. The Imam’s Curse 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z “Gerrit Burgers meant nothing to me really,” she admitted in typically laconic fashion. She used absurd means to save herself in the absurd times of Nazi Germany 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z The formula is the same, and teens who like action flicks with laconic leading men, spectacular crashes and non-gory mayhem will find this sequel moderately entertaining. Family Filmgoer reviews ‘The Visit,’ ‘A Walk in the Woods’ and more 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z The laconic and pious Darwan, soon to enter an arranged marriage, needs womanly advice. Family Filmgoer reviews ‘War Room’ and ‘A Walk in the Woods’ 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z It’s a sarcastic remark, but a telling one, that becomes fully explained in a shattering scene, when Elle visits a mysterious man from her past named Karl, played with laconic soulfulness by Sam Elliott. Lily Tomlin is brilliant as the acerbic title character in ‘Grandma’ 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Her doe eyes hidden under shaggy bangs and laconic nonchalance didn’t hurt. Model Freja Beha Erichsen Goes from Tomboy to Cover Girl 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Hence voters subliminally look for gravitas, an ancient term describing the laconic dignity of Roman senators. Camille Paglia: What a Woman President Should Be Like 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z On 16 July 1969 it was King's laconic voice that announced "we have a lift-off, 32 minutes past the hour" as Apollo 11 set off on its historic journey. Been and Gone: The voice of the moon landings and the father of trainspotting - BBC News 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z The formula is the same, and teens who like action flicks with laconic leading men, spectacular crashes and non-gory mayhem will find this “Refueled” sequel moderately entertaining. Family Filmgoer reviews ‘War Room’ and ‘A Walk in the Woods’ 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z In conversation, he is somewhere between laconic, considered and cautious. Will USA win the Gold Cup? Germany's best seem to think so 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z That can pose an added challenge when translating from laconic languages like English into verbose languages like German. What's the deal with translating Seinfeld 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z In that conference call, “we were looking for a niche and Jeb in that very laconic way said, ‘four percent growth.’ Jeb Bush demonstrates the opposite of economic wonkery 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z The Crystal Cinema still sits there, boarded up and laconic - a constant reminder that the party is over and no one’s cleaned up the mess. Why Iranians are lapping up Shah memorabilia 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z He’s directed Will Eno’s weird play “The Realistic Joneses,” Annie Baker’s laconic off-Broadway “The Flick,” a revival of Tom Stoppard’s hyperarticulate “The Real Thing” and a revival of William Inge’s steamy American classic “Picnic.” ‘Fun Home’ director Sam Gold on working with ‘no net’ 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Sock’s laconic personality has created the perception that he wasn’t nearly as driven as some of the other young players coming up. Jack Sock's un-American love of clay will test Rafael Nadal at French Open 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z “Since I happen to like coffee, that got me in the door,” says the laconic Cowboy, whose preference for 10-gallon hats, blue jeans and Jim Croce songs earned him his nickname. Saving lost souls on Skid Row with karaoke songs and coffee 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z That’s a great use of the word “laconic,” by the way. Jeb Bush demonstrates the opposite of economic wonkery 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z "Since I happen to like coffee, that got me in the door," says the laconic Cowboy, whose preference for 10-gallon hats, blue jeans and Jim Croce songs earned him his nickname. Saving lost souls on Skid Row with karaoke songs and coffee 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z “And he has a very dry, laconic sense of humor, and he said, ‘I shall be awaiting the call,’ which came 25 years later.” Russell Crowe: ‘Water Diviner’ film about homeland a story only he could tell 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Because the 54-year-old Yorkshireman was following party orders—and that, even more than his laconic drawl and brilliance at the dispatch box, epitomises his career. William, it was really nothing 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z With his blond buzz cut, laconic speech and a wad of Copenhagen tobacco wedged in his cheek, the 41-year-old Tennessee native has often been dubbed “Officer Friendly” by locals. In Ferguson, struggling to be a bridge between tense cops, angry crowds 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Behind his house, stands another, but in his laconic description of his 30 years of solitude, Don Roberto hasn't once mentioned his neighbour. The dogged old man of the badlands 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Rand Paul took the stage like a conquering hero Friday, his shirtsleeves rolled, his regular laconic manner turned fiery. CPAC: Republicans Rediscover Their Old Hawkish Message On Foreign Policy 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Roman Kovtun, a small, laconic man in his thirties, told me about the operation. Which Ukraine? 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Like the soldiers depicted therein, these stories are muscular and laconic, yet brimming with subtle wisdoms. Our Favorite Books of 2014: Newsweek Staff Picks He was uncomplicated, a natural - phlegmatic, laconic, affable and easily engaged. Hughes the 'uncomplicated natural' 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z Her laconic father was more talkative, though, in his native tongue. The Secret Life of Passwords 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z The subsequent ads, which ran in the New York City subway system, featured the engineer’s expressionless, mustachioed face, accompanied by laconic phrases about his activities. Cash Is for Losers! 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z He was the Gary Cooper of the civil-rights movement: tall, implacable, laconic. John Doar’s Civil-Rights Struggle 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z That qualified as a full-length speech from the laconic Mr. Doar. John Doar, Federal Lawyer in Battle Against Segregation, Dies at 92 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z A World Series that struggled to get noticed will now likely be long remembered, thanks to a laconic lefty who won it almost by himself. Column: Bumgarner great, but Bochy good, too 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Mike Leach had a laconic response to the question of why the Pac-12 has seven of the most-penalized 20 teams in the nation. Highlights from the Pac-12 coaches teleconference . . . 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z He’s laconic, funny, bone-dry: a benign enabler, a picker of great reporters, a comrade in arms, a wise man. Just imagine Ben Bradlee as a ‘director of content’ 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z Tom Hardy plays Bob, a shy, laconic barkeep at a blue-collar Brooklyn tavern. Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Dolphin Tale 2’ This laconic introduction is also a playful contrast to what will happen to the unruly-haired Gaspard, a math major who’s more interested in playing the guitar. ‘A Summer’s Tale’ movie review: A throwback seasonal romance But Main, a Segway whisperer, put a calming hand on the handle bar — “Relax, relax,” he said in his laconic Australian accent — and soon she was zipping smoothly along, letting the gyroscopes do the balancing. Segway tour pioneers have new reason to celebrate: Overturning D.C. licensing rules Much of the game offered with a display of beautiful passing and shooting by Boris Diaw, a laconic, amiable Frenchman whose approach to conditioning would be intermittent if he played in a Y.M.C.A. league. The Miami Heat Dispirited and Disorganized in Loss to San Antonio Spurs 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Quick himself was typically laconic and unemotional, saying that playing near where he grew up and in front of his parents and wife didn't mean anything special to him. Jonathan Quick at his best puts Kings at doorstep of Cup championship 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z The Italian was as laconic as ever, with plenty of relaxed smiles and the trademark raised eyebrow. Bale and Real share La Decima dream 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z “This is almost like a poem, it’s so laconic and compressed,” she said. Your Money: Four Stand-Out College Essays About Money 2014-05-09T15:44:22Z People familiar with the calls, describing them for the first time, said they were calm, even laconic. Retracing a Lost Flight: A Routine Flight, Till Both Routine and Flight Vanish 2014-03-22T23:35:54Z Ms. Diaz remains laconic, responding to questions with smiles and quick answers. The Neediest Cases: A Mother Leads a Family Tested by Schizophrenia 2013-12-04T02:42:19Z In one day, his laconic nature went from borderline hilarious to brilliant, his signature stoicism worth its weight in trophies. Leading Off: Dufner, a Slouch No More 2013-08-12T14:31:33Z Turning for home, the laconic two-time PGA Tour winner made further birdies at 11, 13 and 16 before firing a pin-point approach into the 18th green, only to leave his history-making putt short. Dufner sets course record for PGA lead 2013-08-09T23:10:42Z The drug of choice at the Beatrice Inn is now wine, most of it rather expensive, served with laconic grace by Aaron Zebrook. Restaurant Review: The Beatrice Inn in the West Village 2013-05-21T21:07:13Z Before I could answer, the boy, almost without moving his lips, pronounced a laconic no. Roberto Bolaño: “Mexican Manifesto.” 2013-04-15T04:00:00Z But it tells you a lot about his character, more, for sure, than his words do, given how laconic he is. England's Manu Tuilagi turns the other cheek to stitch up France 2013-02-24T22:00:01Z Mr. Landgraf spent money on “Justified,” a Southern gothic inspired by Elmore Leonard that featured a laconic, trigger-happy marshal chasing charismatic, speechifying villains who belong in the television pantheon. The Media Equation: At FX, a Playbook That Gives Its Series Free Rein 2013-02-03T23:51:47Z Joe Johnson, usually laconic, was forceful in talking about the Nets and their struggles. Joe Johnson Says Nets Not Following Plays; Coach Cites Trust 2012-12-22T03:58:35Z "Finally black", was the laconic headline on a darkened front page, which like its British namesake is published in a salmon pink colour. Germany's Financial Times Deutschland closes after huge losses 2012-12-07T17:46:21Z A retired history teacher, Nola, 59, is graying and laconic with a thin mustache and a slight limp that hints at his days as an athlete. In Clairton, Pa., a High School Football Team Keeps a Town’s Heart Beating 2012-11-22T04:32:35Z Gone, if only for a moment, were those laconic Coloradans and ubiquitous Ohioans who dominate the political discourse every fourth autumn. At the Presidential Debate on Long Island, a Distinctive Accent Gets a Rare Voice 2012-10-18T02:41:19Z As the fall term began last year and students plunged into their required coursework, that pairing of laconic ease with an almost crippling social discomfort would become a theme that many students later remembered. Before Gunfire in Colorado Theater, Hints of ‘Bad News’ About James Holmes 2012-08-27T03:33:18Z A third user was more laconic, remarking, “Tofu engineering work leads to a tofu bridge.” Collapse of New Bridge Underscores China’s Infrastructure Concerns 2012-08-24T12:41:44Z It was a sign of the times and Maughan, now in her 80s, tells her story with the laconic acceptance of her generation. Carried by soldiers, no score-keepers at 1960 Paralympics 2012-08-24T12:00:33Z It was the timing, the almost laconic way that he leaned back and caressed the shot with his left foot, curling it against the inside of the far post and ricocheting it into the net. Global Soccer: Nuggets of Value at Swansea City 2012-08-19T13:37:23Z The Intermediary Mr. Yang, 60, is a laconic, deliberative man who appears to eschew the nouveau riche lifestyle embraced by many Chinese businesspeople. Sheldon Adelson’s Dealings in China Are Under Investigation 2012-08-13T16:44:39Z "Unconscious Putting" is a lot like Dave Stockton himself, or as I imagine him anyway: laid back, laconic, unassuming, wryly funny and very good company. On Par: Two Different Reads on How to Putt Better 2012-07-22T22:06:09Z His accent is laconic American but his sentiments remain hardcore south London. Luol Deng: 'I'll be proud to put on that GB shirt' 2012-07-21T23:05:13Z "There's often headlines around players – some more than others," said the laconic Lancastrian before England practised at The Oval ahead of Thursday's first Test. KP 'will be inspired by controversy' 2012-07-17T16:45:01Z “I thought you would see that,” the squeaky laconic voice said, almost purring with approval for once. The Good Fight 2012-07-09T16:15:00.200Z That is one of the more verbose moments in Atkins's elegant, laconic and consequently short book, The Creation. Summer books 2012-07-05T15:50:26.970Z Its laconic voice and rural setting were a contrast with the urban settings and wisecracking pace of much of 1950s TV comedy. Remembering Andy Griffith, 'America's Favorite Sheriff' 2012-07-03T18:05:36Z Stubborn and laconic, Mr. Shamir was by his own assessment a most unlikely political leader whose very personality seemed the perfect representation of his government’s policy of patient, determined, unyielding opposition to territorial concessions. Yitzhak Shamir, Former Prime Minister of Israel, Dies at 96 2012-06-30T18:52:47Z Yet a laconic, monosyllabic exchange at the start of last month's Camp David G8 summit spoke of that no-nonsense spirit in private: Obama greeted the chancellor with just, "Angela." For election favor, Obama looks to Merkel, again 2012-06-08T23:56:33Z "We won 3-0 against Italy, and it wasn't flattering – it gives you a lot of confidence," Advocaat said, showing himself to be fluently laconic in at least three languages ahead of Russia's final training session. Advocaat cool ahead of Czech test 2012-06-07T20:30:00Z Angelo consented willingly to pose for the piper, but all questions as to his family extraction were answered with a laconic Chi lo sa? Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z He was as low-key and laconic as ever. Millwood is simply masterful at Coors Field 2012-05-19T05:31:06Z Notwithstanding the danger, there was something inconceivably ludicrous in the blank consternation that fell on the ship, exhibited in rueful countenances, the long-drawn whistle or laconic emphatic expression. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z Up steps we went or down steps, getting hotter and hotter in these airless depths as in single file we "ducky-daidled" after our laconic conductor. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z As my object is to record impressions, not statistics, I leave you to consult those laconic chronicles, or the books of a thousand travellers, for all such information. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z The warden and the prison doctor were the only human beings whose voices he could hear, and these were brutally laconic and brutally rude or ironical with him. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Accordingly, the Doctor wrote him one of his laconic Epistles. Geoffery Gambado A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours 2012-03-14T02:00:27.650Z The New Yorkers, "laconic and Olympian," designate it by a simple numeral. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z The slip of green paper containing this laconic intimation fluttering into our uneventful lives, interested us hugely. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z “It was brand new, and it wouldn’t be stopped, and it was exciting — I never understood it,” Mr. King said, in his laconic way. | Long Island: William King?s Sculptures at the Lyceum Gallery in Riverhead 2012-03-10T03:07:58Z Deeper and deeper grew the flush of shame and embarrassment in his handsome face, more and more laconic and low-voiced his replies, and more uneasy his restless movements and glances. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z His laconic dispatch, "We have met the enemy, and they are ours," is modestly exultant. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z It seems almost churlish now to add that the laconic, stoical Hodges died after his second heart attack, at 47. Essay: Remembering the Mets? First Spring in 1962 2012-02-20T01:29:51Z And it was given in a concise, laconic manner, as if he did not care to be questioned further. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z I would," replied Adelina, then feeling how laconic was the answer, added, "I would because there can be no detriment to him. A Singular Metamorphosis 2012-02-01T03:00:10.613Z Letters to Superiors in Station or Age demand a respectful and laconic style. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z Belshazzar looked quizzically into the face of him who spoke these laconic words. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z "It puts me in mind of a madhouse," was the laconic rejoinder of Mr. Ravensworth. The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:22.303Z But at other times Israeli officials have sometimes reacted to news of the periodic mishaps in Iran's nuclear program by issuing denials or comments that have bordered on the laconic. Analysis: Not-so-covert Iran war buys West time, raises tension 2012-01-18T11:20:08Z They drew the old man out, and he told them in his slow, laconic fashion, a few brutal stories. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z No one is bound to speak ungrammatically or incorrectly, even when communicating with the illiterate, but the simplest phraseology, as well as the most laconic, is often the most appropriate and expressive, under such circumstances. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z The envelope, still retaining a faint reminder of the perfumed scent given it thirty years before, bore the laconic endorsement, "Poem—I like this," in the handwriting of Mr. Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z To this Davies, who happened to know how hard up Brummell was, sent the following laconic reply:— “My dear George, “’Tis very unfortunate, but all my money is in the Three per Cents. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z His conversation, laconic, graphic, oracular, arrested every mind. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z We conclude, however, with Mr. Green's laconic—that the safest parachute is a balloon. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z To sum up all, let me slightly paraphrase the laconic and invariable advice of the immortal Nelson to the young middies under his command. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z In fact, the Papal Secretary, Cardinal Antonelli, soon received a laconic dispatch from the Chancellor informing him of the approaching arrival of the new ambassador. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z It was a laconic method, essentially Turkish, of saying "How?" i.e., By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z I had to swallow a great quantity of questions, to which I replied with the laconic brevity of an inexperienced lad upon his guard. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Or go back to the 1960s version of “Dragnet” and Morgan’s tour of duty as police Officer Bill Gannon, playing droll foil to laconic Jack Webb’s Sgt. Harry Morgan of ?M-A-S-H,? ?Dragnet,? made small roles big; a character actor ?par excellence? 2011-12-07T22:31:13Z This mute, laconic language consists of these few words. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z He uttered a few laconic words in a deep toned voice, and in Pushtu. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z The feeble crowds beset the bulletins posted outside the mairie, and scattered, murmuring their own comments on the laconic messages. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z Thorn handed me one reluctantly, and it was hard to refrain from fierce exclamation as I read the laconic missive. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z This laconic reply was certainly worthy of a heroine and a queen. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z Albert could hardly restrain a smile at the Swede's phlegm and his laconic utterances, and he did not say a word, being curious to see if his conversation would continue in the same tone. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z Marta gave laconic answers, and did not lift her face to all his questions, allowing a vague smile of condescending superiority to hover over her lips. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z The reply of Pauline is much more laconic and much more direct. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z Far from being displeased with this frank and laconic reply, Napoleon said next day to one of his officers, "The Count de Palmella gave me yesterday a noble 'No.'" The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z Randy Thompson, a laconic cattle buyer, may seem an unlikely symbol of activism. Green Blog: Rancher Emerges as Symbol of Pipeline Fight 2011-10-18T19:11:13Z His speech was laconic and to the purpose. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z A telegram always gives me momentary increase of heart-action, but this laconic message caused such pericardial sinking as I hope I shall never feel again. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z "The gentlemen are informed that there will be a dance today" is so laconic, that one is almost induced to believe that these dances were given at places known only to the initiated. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z "Target down—stop firing," was the laconic order. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z He ends his laconic preface with a reference to the reformers led by Jeremy Collier, "a Fig for their Censures, which can neither affect him that Wrote this Play, nor him that Publishes it." The Female Wits 2011-09-28T02:00:23.247Z If I spoke to him of anything, except books and matters of knowledge, he would answer me, but only from politeness, and in laconic phrases. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Josephine, how can you remain so long without writing to me; your last laconic letter is dated May 22. Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z There were similar laconic entries for the whole ninety-six. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z "Which way?" was the not unnatural question, and "Don't know" the laconic yet comprehensive answer. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z "Well, what was it like?" was his laconic welcome, accompanied by a glance of disapproval. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z He was 6 feet 7 inches tall, well liked off the ice for his laconic good humor and, on it, the league’s most feared fighter. Rangers Remember Derek Boogaard as Camp Opens 2011-09-17T02:51:24Z |
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