| 单词 | stolid |
| 例句 | I follow the curve around the Parliament Building with its form of a squatting Victorian dowager, darkish pink, skirts huffed out, stolid. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I looked around for the stolid Frith, but he had passed along the hall and into the further corridor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z After its uncertain launch, its stolid reliability had become almost boring; the Crocker Lab seemed more like an industrial factory every day, so why not push past the boundaries of the predictable once again? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Wang Lung, watching her move steadily and slowly about the rooms on her big feet, watching secretly the stolid, square face, the unexpressed, half-fearful look of her eyes, made nothing of her. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Those on either side had the tough, stolid look of members of the Owslafa. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He propped the rifle on the dead and useless arm that had been so full of life a minute ago, and sighted with stolid concentration: one shot...two...three, and each found its man. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The accused man sat so rigorously in his chair, so unmovable and stolid. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They stood in stolid silence as sniggering rats referred to them as “The Ringleaders.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He was a year or two older than Ranofer, and a full head taller, with a stolid, sullen face. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He returned with a heavy, stolid Owsla sentry named Ragwort, who at first had some difficulty in understanding what it was that the General wanted to know. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He had always had a happy disposition, and most of the time looked perfectly content, trotting along through the vast stillness of the bush with stolid, unalterable good humor. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Saints, Inej thought, it must be exhausting to be so stolid all the time. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z My shyness and gaucherie became worse, too, making me stolid and dumb when people came to the house. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I stood beneath his photograph with my brief case in hand and smiled triumphantly into his stolid black peasant's face. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then O-lan came forward in her stolid fashion and she picked up the meat and washed it off with a little water and thrust it back into the boiling pot. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z They tended to be stolid, slovenly, heavy, and to my eyes effeminate—not in the sense of delicacy, etc., but in just the opposite sense: a gross, bland fleshiness, a bovinity without point or edge. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “There’s only one thing we can do,” replied the stolid Darkclaw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The little cluster of figures around the door moved back a step or two, as if out of respect, and they saw the man’s face: stolid, harmless, and mild. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The men walking in front and the laden, stolid women following them like burros. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z It was a heavy, solid construction designed for stolid floating, not for navigating, though I suppose that if we had been thirty-two to row we could have made some headway. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He was normal again, stolid, dull, not the fey excited creature of the past few weeks. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z How I blessed those stolid, flannelled figures, for in a few minutes his face had settled back into repose, the colour had returned, and he was deriding the Surrey bowling in healthy irritation. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Othell Yarwyck was as stolid and unimaginative as he was taciturn, and the First Rangers seemed to die as quick as they were named. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Colonel Scheisskopf, squinting, moved very close to the map, and for the first time since he entered the room a light of comprehension shed a dim glow over his stolid face. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Whatever it is. It’s not like Ragwort to imagine anything. He’s very stolid. I’m only trying to think ahead,” he added, as Woundwort still said nothing. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He was Lady Whent's man, stiff-necked and stolid, and the first to rise to aid Catelyn Stark back at the inn. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Behind George, Will grew along, dumpy and stolid. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Was I finally a good West Virginian, all stoic and stolid, filled everlastingly to my chin with guilt but not capable of showing it? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z "A year ago Robert was king, and the realm was at peace," declared Jarman Buckwell, the square stolid man who commanded the scouts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z From the point of view of a mayfly, human beings are stolid, boring, almost entirely immovable, offering hardly a hint that they ever do anything. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet by contrast to the versatile apostrophe, they are stolid little chaps, to say the least. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z They were middle-class people, had lived all their married lives in a butter-colored middle-class ranch house in a stolid, middle-class town. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Most often, they are stolid monuments loved more by pigeons than by people. | The Rocks at 30 Rock 2013-04-26T21:47:31Z The starting Allegro is a stolid contraption of levers and pulleys, a steel factory producing energy in the form of audible vibrations. Review: Stiff shot of dissonance vibrates at Seattle chamber-music fest 2010-07-22T21:49:00Z One thing the Internet seems to love is rawness, vulnerability, glimpses behind the scenes of seemingly perfect, stolid institutions. Museums See Different Virtues in Virtual Worlds 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Lister, globe-trotting and intellectually ravenous, bemoaned her stolid and “shabby” hometown. Review: ‘Gentleman Jack’ Finds a Swaggering Woman in Want of a Wife 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z She is both stalwart and neurotic, principled and partisan; she reins in her characteristic sensitivities and looks almost stolid. Cause C?l?bre; Rocket to the Moon ? review 2011-04-02T23:09:47Z New York magazine's Jesse Green wrote that the production proved "commendable but vague, powerful but stolid: a statue not fully liberated from the stone." John Lithgow, Annette Bening open in 'King Lear' in Central Park 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z The Next Book always became, Ms. Styron writes, “a kind of stolid permanence in our home, like a sofa around which we were subconsciously arrayed.” Books of The Times: William Styron, in a Daughter?s Words 2011-04-19T18:14:34Z Poorly served by the production’s stolid Victorian-style costumes, she came across as a downcast dowager rather than an overwhelmed young woman. Review: In ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ at the Met, Singing Through Sickness 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z He’s a dab hand at misdirection, the sort of fellow who sets even stolid minds spinning in paranoia and perplexity. Review: A Criminally Enjoyable ‘Hangmen’ from Martin McDonagh 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z A glazed pottery dragon’s head in the show was created as a roof fixture for a stolid and still standing Yuan Taoist temple, the Yonglegong, in Shanxi Province. Art Review: The Spirit of Xanadu, Morphing Across Borders 2010-09-30T21:52:00Z A stolid high-rise lasagna whose layers include tepid cheese and servers who seem to think interrupting diners’ every other bite is a good thing. Review | Osteria Costa gambles on Italian accents at MGM National Harbor 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z But Rolling Stone really needed to shake up their stolid, play-by-the-rules reputation, right? Terry Richardson returns: His new magazine covers are the worst kind of attention-grabbing ploy 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z His film ultimately assumes a stolid about-face, attempting to seriously reckon with the gravity of widespread loss and the horrors of war. From Charlie Chaplin to Jojo Rabbit: an unlikely history of Nazi comedies 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z The seemingly deadened Devereaux endures those indignities with a stolid despair, reacting vigorously only when he’s denied his one phone call. Starring Depardieu as D.S.K. 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Melody Moore's stolid Marguerite and Iain Paterson's stylish but vocally confined Mephistopheles give adequate support. Niobe, Regina di Tebe; Faust; The Makropulos Case; Fidelio 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z Orwell never explains why the stolid old Anglo-Saxon should be any more "clear" than such newfangled horrors; as "predict" and "extraneous" demonstrate now, words minted from the classical will very rapidly seem entirely normal. My problem with George Orwell 2013-01-17T15:49:30Z The resulting motion is fluid and smooth, but it can look too regular, even stolid. How the ‘Spider-Verse’ Animators Created That Trippy Look 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z Damon, whose DiCaprio-like quicksilver charisma has become something more stolid and workmanlike, was able to recapture that early magnetism. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck surprise fans with Good Will Hunting reading 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z In the 1960s and ’70s, as rock ’n’ roll exerted itself as the driver of a rebellious youth culture, Mr. Mann represented a stolid old guard, musically speaking. Johnny Mann, Leader of Easy-Listening Singers, Dies at 85 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z The Debt is a little too gray and stolid — by which we may simply mean too true to its complex milieu — to qualify as scintillating entertainment. The Debt: The Spy and the Gynecologist 2011-08-29T16:20:00Z Lumet’s stolid approach had yielded a decent “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” but here the performances feel outsized, the blocking and camera work constrained. ‘The Seagull’ Brings Chekhov’s Doleful Comedy to Cinemas 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Pastel town houses disappeared, replaced by stolid Hapsburg buildings. Slovenian Rhapsody 2011-08-05T18:30:00Z No nickname could be more frustrating or misleading than his: "Papa" Haydn prompts expectations of staidness and stolid, good behaviour. The Firework-Maker's Daughter; Hallé Orchestra/Elder; Cheryomushki – review 2013-03-31T00:07:03Z A decade ago, Révillon was revolutionized by Rick Owens, who tore up, literally and figuratively, the stolid furs of a bourgeois clientele. Fash File: Fash File: Revillon?s Furry Luxury 2012-03-07T18:20:59Z In short, Holbein’s subjects can’t act, so we see them in the stolid fullness of their respectability and ambition. Review | The first major Hans Holbein exhibition in the U.S. shows us the sobering reality of raw power 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Maybe I was too stolid to track these feelings. How to be a Muslim at NYU after 9/11 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z The director’s vivid imagination enlivens a static, talky finale, with Orestes receiving his verdict flanked by stolid, robed jurors and feral, scuttling Furies. Music Review: ‘Oresteia’ Is Revived as Prelude to Bard Music Festival 2013-07-29T21:21:44Z But “Eagle” is often overly literal, with the dancers’ gestures matching the soundtrack, giving the piece a stolid air of didacticism. Dance Review: Taking on the Risks of a Mixed Lineup 2011-06-07T22:15:27Z Solid, stolid and handsome, he looks every bit the telegenic part. | 'Side Effects': When Golden Couple Melts Down, Puddles Ensue 2011-06-20T02:01:01Z Now Gary Oldman takes the role of the misnamed Smiley; if this stolid operative were to crack a grin, his face would surely shatter. Postcards from Venice: 10 for the Show 2011-09-09T02:50:00Z The character, married to a stolid financier and the mother of a bright, insolent 16-year-old daughter, has barely acted in the last 10 years. 'Stage Kiss' elicits lots of giggles but not much emotion at Geffen Playhouse 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Whitefish salad is perky with capers, red onion and preserved lemon, but the smoked fish itself was somewhat stolid. Stopsky's: Mercer Island deli udpates tradition 2011-11-11T06:51:02Z He is the careful, stolid presence who often appears in ghost stories to try to pour cold water on the idea of supernatural presences – only to stoke the flames higher in readers' minds. Guardian book club: The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters 2010-08-11T14:06:00Z Yet, in Bonnet’s rendering, the hair is not a cascade of comely curls, but a stolid helmet obscuring the entirety of her face — except, of course, for her long, drooping, teardrop nose. Full-frontal absurdity: The world of Louise Bonnet's fleshy, surreal portraits 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Next to these women, the men are stolid. S.F. Opera makes an epic effort with 'Les Troyens' 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z I do like fruitcake movies — not as in the heavy nut-filled Christmas confections, but as in insanely visionary riffs that challenge the status quo in this, the most timid, stolid period in cinema history. Sucker Punch Review: Don't Drink the Kool-Aid 2011-03-25T11:45:00Z The father she shows us is a stolid, taciturn executive who immigrated from Japan to Northern California with young Aya and her mother, and considers his financial support of them proof enough of his love. ‘The Nosebleed’ Review: ‘Who Here Hates Their Father?’ 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z Advertisement There were other examples — the camera moving around a conference table at floor height, following Edwards as he petitioned the white members of the Knickerbocker Hospital board, emphasizing their seated, stolid postures. ‘The Knick’ Season 2 Premiere Recap: Tied Up in Knots 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z That's not the only slow aspect of a lucid but stolid six hours. This Happy Breed; Henry IV, Parts One and Two ? review 2011-07-30T23:05:50Z He loves the continuum since the 1970s of guitar-based mainstream radio rock, and increasingly, his songs turn it into a stolid, screamy averaging-out of all that music, or an enthusiastic imitation of it. Review: Foo Fighters Bring a Little of Everything to the Stage, Including a Broken Leg 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Except that Mr. Hemsworth, a stolid, pleasant actor, isn’t Mr. Smith, and this isn’t “Independence Day.” Review: In ‘Independence Day: Resurgence,’ the Fault Is Not in the Fireworks 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z If I were feeling braver, I might argue that David Tennant, a nervy, quicksilver actor as DI Alec Hardy, a stolid character further weighed down by illness and past failures, was slightly miscast. Broadchurch - box set review 2013-06-06T14:00:02Z Louis Langrée, the music director of Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, conducted a brisk, crisp performance, stolid only in an oddly sleepy crowd scene at the start of Act 4. Elina Garanca Reprises Her Role in ‘Carmen’ 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Yet it shows “The Price” as a smaller, more stolid work than it wants to be — still just a little out of style. Review: Brothers Joined by Fate and Furniture in ‘The Price’ 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z As Diesel, Cook is both stolid and volatile, his depraved earnestness joining principle and duty, will and obligation. The Goofball Criminals of Paul Schrader’s “Dog Eat Dog” 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z She doted on her surviving child, the stolid Percy Florence, who was interested in sailing, not poetry. The Woman Who Created a Monster 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z The great detective’s partner in this extravagant adventure is not the stolid Dr. Watson, but that most refined and fastidious of American novelists, Henry James. ‘The Fifth Heart,’ by Dan Simmons 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z And this particular organ on display — which undoubtedly once contemplated the world with much curiosity as its observers now do — looks particularly inconsequential and stolid; it was preserved using “plastination silicone technique.” Glimpsing the Brain?s Powers (and Limits) 2010-11-19T18:00:00Z By contrast, Wiz Khalifa is by far the most enunciative rapper of the day, his stolid verses served with flat affect and sitting atop the beats, rigid and square. New Music: Big Boi’s ‘Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors,’ and Lifehouse 2012-12-10T23:17:11Z Presley's films, often formulaic, were safe to the point of stolid. What the Rise and Fall of Elvis Mean to America 40 Years After His Death 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z As the most stolid figure in Eilenberger’s book, Cassirer is also, somewhat perversely, the most enigmatic. How Wittgenstein and Other Thinkers Dealt With a Decade of Crisis 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z Lacy ironwork adorns a stolid brick exterior, giving way to an inner courtyard pool fringed with tropical plants. A comeback for the Big Easy with music, art and energy 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z The productions are ornately stolid: far more traditional visually than the Met’s current version of either opera. Critic’s Notebook: How Hollywood Films Are Killing Opera 2012-08-16T21:49:50Z Mr. Angle and Ms. Peck, sturdy but never stolid, keep afloat on a singing line through balances, low lifts and quarter turns, sustaining an ideal of love into the gentle ecstasy of the final dips. Review: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ Nodding Off With the Mortals 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Revisited now, a few items conform to common prejudice about the sometimes stolid pacing of Klemperer, then aged and infirm. Critics Name Their Favorite Wagner Recordings 2013-08-22T20:50:13Z Throughout my 44 years of life to date, regardless of waxing and waning fiduciary fortunes, I have ever lived with the stolid sense of confidence that only a strong and loving family can instill. Here's What Nick Offerman Is Thankful For 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Pain flickers behind the stolid pillars of the memoirs. The Ghost That Haunts Grant’s Memoirs 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z The two elements don’t sit entirely easily together; sometimes an entirely different show seems to have strayed on stage — a disjunctive feeling amplified by the strangely stolid designs of Toer van Schayk. Ballet Review: This Ballet Season in Britain, a Cinderella Complex 2010-12-21T13:30:03Z What consoles me is the permanence of the object she made — its unchanging nature, its stolid three-dimensional reality. J.K. Rowling on the Magic of ‘Things’ 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z When the interplay between Wiman’s textured sound and stolid subject matter is properly balanced, the emotional effect is magnified. Poetry review: Christian Wiman’s ‘Once in the West’ and Mary Oliver’s ‘Blue Horses’ 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Full of individual marks, from the daringly drawn-out pause that followed the subdued opening statement to the wistful elongation of a note in a violin melody, this was steady, secure, sometimes stolid playing. Dohnanyi Conducts New York Philharmonic in Dvorak Works 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z Wahlberg, stolid as ever, doesn't appear to be acting at all. The Fighter ? review 2011-02-03T22:00:02Z In “Sojourners,” an emotionally fervid and dramatically stolid play by Mfoniso Udofia for the Playwrights Realm, a Nigerian couple embrace and rebuff life in America. Review: ‘Sojourners,’ About Nigerians Assimilating to Life in the U.S. 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z In this sense, the show reflects the enterprising spirit of Hannay, portrayed here by a blithely stolid Robert Petkoff, who has appeared on Broadway in revivals of “Fiddler on the Roof” and “Ragtime.” Review: ‘39 Steps,’ Frenetic Thriller Spoof, Rises Again 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Amid strumming guitars and a stolid backbeat, they sing about how “we got through it somehow,” and how a holiday can offer at least a temporary reconciliation. 12 New Christmas Songs for a Vast Array of Holiday Moods 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Young Winston was a more stolid, conventional affair than Oh What a Lovely War, but it set Attenborough on the path of the epic film-making in which he came to specialise. Richard Attenborough – a career in clips 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Carl Tanner is physically stolid for the increasingly deranged, gambling-fixated Herman, but his mighty tenor rings out throughout to imposing and occasionally blistering effect. The Queen of Spades – review 2012-06-14T18:34:49Z He’s packed on weight for the role, and he gives the character a stolid, tamped-down physicality, but he also lets you see the eddies of anger and frustration raging under the character’s skin. ‘Air’ Review: The Game Changers 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Her voice is gleaming and penetrating, and Mr. Mehta draws surprising intensity from an artist who could be stolid. Classical Playlist: Puccini, Mendelssohn, Wagner and More 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z This wasn’t the case, however, with the Egschiglen ensemble, three Mongolian musicians who, with stolid mien and a clutch of instruments, made some sounds I’ve never heard from a human voice. ‘Serenade!’ vocal ensemble festival showcases the sounds of the world 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z Nixon knew that Moynihan was not “one of us”; his aim was to balance his dangerous recruit with the stolid virtues of Arthur Burns, a conservative economist. The odd couple 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z The track is stolid three-chord rock, building and pounding and gleaming, subsiding and building again. The Playlist: Beyoncé and Jay-Z Unite, and 12 More New Songs 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Casanova’s persistent, fox-like curiosity is matched by Dracula’s stolid hedgehog charisma, but Serra disperses their energies and their conflicts throughout the film, by way of an astonishing repertory of eighteenth-century sounds and sights. Albert Serra’s “Story of My Death” 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Here the commissioners — a stolid, middle-aged man and his young wife — stand behind the divine group as if beholding a waxworks tableau. Art Review: ‘Bellini, Titian and Lotto’ at the Metropolitan Museum 2012-07-05T21:59:59Z She is a deadpan comedian of the driest vintage, and her face remained stolid. Tig Notaro’s Topless Set 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Brutal and efficient, our grizzled hero has the blithe, stolid invulnerability of a video game character, dismembering limbs, snapping necks and patching up his own wounds without breaking a sweat. ‘Sisu’ Review: Sweat Wicking 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Alone in the high-tech quarters, Lofthouse, a stolid, stoic figure whose face is framed by an expansive but not inordinately unruly beard, signals to the ship, seemingly in vain. ‘The Midnight Sky’ Review: It’s the End of the World, in the Arctic 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z The final season is as much Allam’s as it is Evans’s, with the stolid, old-school Thursday struggling in his roles as cop, husband, father and, to Morse, surrogate dad. ‘Endeavour’ Review: Farewell to the Morse Cinematic Universe 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams, “Unfinished Song” belongs to the school of “The Full Monty” and “Calendar Girls” in its vision of stolid, working-class Britons banding together. Movie Review : In ‘Unfinished Song,’ Vanessa Redgrave Lives for Music 2013-06-20T21:51:31Z Certainly the married Stevens led a largely stolid, suburban existence, especially when contrasted with the bardic exuberance of, say, Dylan Thomas. Who was Wallace Stevens? A new biography looks at the man and his work. 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Racial sensitivities aside, this Exodus is a stolid mess, bleakly laughable without being an entertaining hoot like De Mille’s camp classic. REVIEW: Don't Let Your People Go See Exodus: Gods and Kings 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z Dully underlining points about Baker’s relationship with race, it’s more obvious and stolid than the ambiguous music. At Ojai, Peter Sellars Has a Personal Yet Global Playlist 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Though it is a stolid, imposing structure, it is embraced by ledges and terraces instead of being plunked on a lawn. Martha Stewart Opens the Doors to Her Historic Maine Estate 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Wynne, we are told, must be given a crash course in tradecraft before accepting Soviet secrets, but Tom O’Connor’s stolid script is actively antithetical to such excitement. ‘The Courier’ Review: Secrets and Spies 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Some of Saturday’s performance felt stolid, or just subtle; it all seemed true to Mr. Henriquez’s personality. Review: Carlos Henriquez Radiates Gratitude in a South Bronx Homecoming 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z The fox, or so this intellectual game went, is a fluid animal that knows many things, while the stolid hedgehog knows only one big thing. Hollywood's hedgehog mentality threatens its survival 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z It is to the credit of the actors that, challenged to crawl into the skin of a living deity, they smolder so eloquently behind the stolid façade. Mandela in the Movies: 10 Films About Apartheid 2013-12-06T21:21:59Z But his style was too earnest and too stolid. In Atlanta’s Ever-Shifting Hip-Hop Scene, Future and Migos Keep Innovating 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z The majestic, even stolid, textures you'll find elsewhere, just as you'll encounter the same sense of bleakness and breadth – of a limitless horizon in which ideas take generations to come into themselves. Gerhardt/Philharmonia/Salonen 2010-05-26T21:15:00Z Not always the most animated of actors, Robertson was effective as a stolid, taciturn type, often letting his left-handed gun speak for him. Dale Robertson obituary 2013-02-28T16:51:49Z Her Tosca arrived at the Metropolitan Opera last March, and on Tuesday, she revisited the title role of Puccini’s tragedy in David McVicar’s attractive, if stolid, production. Review: ‘Tosca’ Returns, Defined by Its Quiet Moments 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Not ugly, nor intentionally stolid, nor contorted into awkward shapes, as her friend Degas often painted them. Review | Suzanne Valadon modeled for some of the world’s greatest artists. Then she became one. 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z On the contrary, she was sweet, bashful and stolid, more sphinx than diva. | Bristol Dances in Circles 2010-11-24T12:08:00Z The villain of The Mummy Returns morphed into the hero of The Scorpion King because producers recognized the attractive disposition inside the stolid, elaborately tattooed frame. G.I. Joe Retaliation: Make That Redemption 2013-03-29T03:35:55Z The pacing was sometimes a bit stolid, but the texture of the orchestra under Mr. Stubbs was crisp and spirited. Review: France Once Fought Over This Opera. Juilliard Shows Us Why. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Two 10th-century Shinto deities look as stolid and foursquare as the cypress blocks from which they were carved: They seem to hug the ground, as if rooted. Masterpieces of Japanese Art at the Met 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Burke has a rich, husky baritone and capably transmits Joe’s stolid determination to keep history from repeating itself. ‘Ghost Brothers of Darkland County,’ From Stephen King and John Mellencamp 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z Although many disliked the building’s brooding, stolid architecture, the Breuer came to be considered the ideal space in which to show 20th and 21st century art and sculpture. Whitney Museum Sells Breuer Building to Sotheby’s for About $100 Million 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z The house used to belong to Rose Impoliteri, a bucket of bright Italian paint on New York’s stolid white canvas, and a riot of premonitory associations: Rose the Impolite, Rose the Loitering, Rose the Impish. Just Another Nutty June Weekend in the Rockaways 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Alexander’s play, which he also directs, is shaky in some places, stolid in others. Review: In ‘Brothers From the Bottom,’ Jousting About Gentrification 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z That is the central pull of Chekhov's play and it is missing from Lindsay Posner's stolid production at the Vaudeville. People; Uncle Vanya; Uncle Vanya – review 2012-11-11T00:06:04Z Yapping silently at visitors are three of Yayoi Kusama’s brightly painted, polka-dot-festooned dogs, while nearby stands a stolid earthenware sculpture of a bridled horse with saddle, made for a burial mound in the sixth century. Review | Cute puppies and octopus sex: A Japanese art exhibition reveals our fascination with animals 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Within this magic perimeter, a stolid brick Colonial Revival manor house sits on a rise. Greenwood Gardens in Short Hills, N.J. 2013-04-25T20:46:49Z The festival awards and critical plaudits handed to "The Anchorage" indicate there will always be an audience that mistakes monotony for art and stolid, repetitious direction for formal rigor. 'The Anchorage': Weighed down by monotony of woman living alone on island 2010-10-21T20:17:00Z Mr. Watts, by contrast, is wearing a three-piece suit with a six-button vest in what appears to be stolid burgomaster’s loden. The Uniform Cool of Charlie Watts 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z But as the respectable if sometimes stolid revival that opened on Sunday at the Signature Theater reveals, the passing of the decades has perhaps inevitably dimmed the play’s power. Review: ‘Incident at Vichy,’ an Arthur Miller Tale Set in World War II 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z She’s stolid and broad jawed with tired eyes, her hand resting on a book. A Homecoming for Dutch Masters, Thanks to an American Billionaire 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z It then flashes back to show us his long history of false identities, while simultaneously moving forward with the investigation of the kidnapping, led by a stolid F.B.I. agent played by Regina Taylor. Television Review | 'Who Is Clark Rockefeller?': Pretend Rockefeller Could Sell a Bridge Over the East River 2010-03-13T00:37:00Z His core interest, it seems, is an earnest, stolid belief in rock’s power to soothe life’s inconsistencies. Review | ‘Letter to You’ is a concept album by, and about the endurance of, Bruce Springsteen 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z A solid, stolid type, Blomqvist carries the films' convoluted narratives while Lisbeth helps him, often from a distance, as long as it advances her agenda. The Girl Who Played With Fire: Moony Over Noomi 2010-07-11T07:55:00Z But her once-mighty volume has faded, other than an occasional forced burst of blunt power, leaving only her stolid, vaguely querulous portrayal of this complex character. Review: ‘Aida’ Gives a Taste of the Met Opera’s Bad Old Days 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z These two, who could be sisters iconographically and soon are metaphorically, serve as strong handmaidens to the hero, inhabited with stolid charm by Trejo. Machete Review: Sharp, Bloody Fun 2010-09-03T10:25:00Z James, who made for a solid, stolid prince consort in the first film, turns whiny here. REVIEW: There's Nothing Urgent About "Insurgent" 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Though “stolid” is a questionable term given how bouncily she zips from borough to borough, that sense of contradiction is key to the actor’s allure. A tale of two It Girls: Chloë Sevigny, Greta Gerwig and the generational likability divide 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Wiener-Dog is a stolid animal, not a frisky hunter or an open-field athlete but a contemplative and domestic dog, a homebody who, through no fault of her own, has trouble finding a home. Todd Solondz’s Exquisite, Imperfect “Wiener-Dog” 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z But Penn South, with its stolid redbrick, concrete-slab housing stock, is clearly a safe, successful place. Critic?s Notebook: Penn South and Pruitt-Igoe, Starkly Different Housing Tales 2012-01-25T19:30:11Z To this stolid, silent confidant she confessed her miserable story. Edinburgh fringe theatre roundup 2012-08-11T23:05:48Z Its staid piano-and-strings arrangements are heavily draped around Ms. Boyle’s sweet voice, which treats every number as a stolid hymn without psychological subtext. New Music From Miranda Lambert and Susan Boyle ? Reviews 2011-10-31T22:17:23Z The orchestral writing in his two piano concertos is mostly stolid and uninspired. Music Review: A Chopin Competition Winner Collects Her Reward 2011-01-05T23:15:23Z A small Turner watercolour of a gurnard took my breath away: there's almost nothing there on the scrap of paper, yet it's a miraculous invocation of the stolid little fish. Aquatopia: art on the ocean wave 2013-07-22T17:25:00Z Nice combo — and better than the stolid, hard-to-eat whole Brussels sprouts tossed with bits of sweet potato. Review | After 20 years, the fishing is still fine at Kaz Sushi Bistro 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z The music starts as something like a hymn, with stolid major-key piano chords, then hurtles ahead with galloping drums and pealing guitar chords. Bon Iver Steps Back From the Brink on ‘i,i’ 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z But those stolid words do not express the light and lacy prettiness that made theValentino show the essence of summer. Fashion Review: Karl Lagerfeld Sends Out a Pearl of a Chanel Show 2011-10-04T17:38:09Z For Damon’s part, he delivers a stolid, workmanlike performance that remains grim despite attempts at “Princess Bride”-like levity that land with an anachronistic thud. Review | ‘The Great Wall’ isn’t that great after all 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z But he did not always please the critics, who often described his music as schematic, bombastic and — a word he particularly disliked — stolid. Dave Brubeck, Jazz Musician, Dies at 91 2012-12-05T18:31:41Z “Lost Girl” could be more than routine if we felt Bo’s magnetism the way her hapless victims do, but through the first few episodes Ms. Silk is more stolid than steamy. Television Review: ?The Fades? on BBC America; ?Lost Girl? on Syfy - Review 2012-01-14T01:49:07Z With stock markets on the slide, some V.I.P. visitors were reassured by Art Basel’s stolid reputation as the pre-eminent fair of modern and contemporary art in Europe. Sales at Art Basel Fair Don’t Show Signs of Downturn 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z And certainly there were moments when the room for future growth was obvious, particularly in a slightly stolid account of Schubert’s D. 935 Impromptus. Review: Behzod Abduraimov, at People’s Symphony, Gives Each Note Its Due 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Chinese-style dumplings on “hay broth” and charred chicken on stolid dirty rice begot an underpopulated dining room. Review | Bar Charley has grown up. Now, you’ll dine as well as you drink. 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z But the original production of “Camino Real” had a stolid, naturalistic set that clashed with Williams’s hallucinatory lyricism. Calixto Bieito Directs Williams?s ?Camino Real? in Chicago 2012-03-02T18:30:03Z One of its flaws, however, is a failure to adequately represent True’s trail-blazing reform efforts within the larger context of a stolid museum profession. Getty curator at the center of past looting scandals has been writing a memoir 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Soon enough, though, the actress’s work is complete, and Simon Block’s play, directed with stolid solemnity by Aaron Posner, returns to its initial form, as a sort of cobbled-together book report for the stage. Review | A ticket for a bumpy ride to Eastern Europe is all this play offers 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z These stolid, expressive little figurines are star draws in the museums that possess them. Bones of contention 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z This was the case in the Royal Opera's end-of-season stellar revival of Jonathan Kent's workable, handsome but stolid production, new in 2006. Tosca; La rondine; Arensky Chamber Orchestra ? review 2011-07-16T23:07:14Z And yet with other projects, like the graphic, colorful accessories produced by Delphine Arnault working with the Berlin artist Anselm Reyle, could Dior use a solid, maybe even stolid, couture collection as a backdrop? Fashion Review: Dior?s Couture: True to Code 2012-01-23T18:05:24Z Notice how a normally stolid Frank Blaichman flicks a satisfied look to the camera when saying the name of the big, tough farmer they outfoxed. ‘Four Winters’ Review: The Jewish Resistance 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Stevenson lost the presidency — twice — to a stolid, steady and never less than spit-polished Republican named Dwight D. Eisenhower. Why does Bernie Sanders dress like that? Because he can. 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z But Nézet-Séguin kept the textures light; even at its mightiest, the sound was never stolid. Review: A Blunt New ‘Lohengrin’ at the Met Stars a Shining Knight 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z The audience roared approval of his every small gesture, and his stolid vocals on such loner classics as “I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times” and “In My Room.” Beach Boys mix nostalgia, surf, melancholy at Chicago Theatre 2012-05-22T06:54:00Z Jamison loves the sense of sobriety in Wallace’s novel “Infinite Jest” because, she writes, “it wasn’t stolid, or pedantic; it was palpable and crackling and absurd. It was so brutally alive on every page.” Leslie Jamison’s Memoir Finds Its Footing in Sobriety 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z The stolid Mr. Yen fits well in this scheme, but a much better actor like Simon Yam, who plays a factory owner, is largely wasted, given no opportunity to use his talent for sly comedy. | 'Ip Man': Mastering Martial Arts 2010-10-01T00:12:00Z Ms. Reeves’s Kay is both stolid and moving in her lack of self-pity. 2010-01-08T03:46:00Z It's a grisly and unedifying tale in which a somewhat typecast Michael Shannon gives a stolid, unsmiling performance as the psycho killer himself – truly, the guy who put the "dead" in "deadpan". The Iceman – review 2012-08-30T14:22:32Z And to most Modernists in the mid-20th century, Mr. Hoffmann, who died in 1956, seemed too stolid, conservative and eager to appease his rich clients. Josef Hoffmann and Adolf Loos, Contrasting Modernist Architects 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z It's stolid, it's dogged, it knows where it's going. Broken City – review 2013-02-28T21:40:01Z But onstage in “Smile at Us, Oh Lord,” a mournful, dreamlike play from the Vakhtangov State Academic Theater in Moscow, the line doesn’t even get a smirk from the stolid stonecutter Efraim Dudak. Review: ‘Smile at Us, Oh Lord’ Depicts a Jewish Odyssey 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z It’s unclear if the script’s stolid dialogue is attempting to flatter modern teens, or if the writers just don’t know any. ‘To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You’ Review: Bliss, for Now 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z It’s carved in a calculatedly archaic style: stolid, columnar, arms stiffly crossed, knees like knobs, face locked in a noncommittal smile. An Ancient Egyptian Show That’s Low on Bling but High on Beauty 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Hence the stolid propriety of its 109 categories, which means that most of the awards are handed out before the cameras start rolling. Lady Gaga "essential" viewing at the Grammys 2011-02-14T21:00:01Z As in Post Tenebras Lux, stolid villagers get heroically wasted, menacing the order and proprieties of the better off. Carlos Reygadas: in defence of Post Tenebras Lux 2013-03-14T18:00:09Z Too often stolid and heavy, here it was airborne, with rhythmic muscularity and exhilarating finesse. The world's best orchestra 2011-02-27T00:04:15Z They have sometimes been, by turns, stolid, corrupt and ineffectual, but virtually any semblance of organization is better than nothing, because non-union workers don’t strike. Opinion: The SAG-AFTRA actors' strike shows L.A. is leading the labor movement 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Perpetual sunshine has allowed the city’s multifamily housing to be opened to courtyards and parks and festooned with exterior staircases and balconies, breaking the stolid blocks of traditional apartment houses and fostering social connections. Why You Should Forget What You Think You Know About Housing in L.A. 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Italian football back then was highly strategic and fundamentally defensive - entertainment value was compromised by stolid pragmatism. Lust, luck and a life less ordinary – the temptation of Gigi Lentini 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z There is a motion picture so scientifically irresponsible that merely mentioning its title instantly arouses ire in countless otherwise stolid academic personalities. How this laughable sci-fi flick embarrassed Hollywood into doing better science 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z It was in 2010 that he was elected chairman of the 1922 Committee, a role he's held unchallenged for the past 12 years, being what the Times describes as "a cautious, stolid, unhysterical figure". Graham Brady: The man who sees off Tory prime ministers 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z And while some of us may decry the creeping bollardization of the planet, others may appreciate the work of these silent, stolid sentinels. Perspective | What a load of bollards: This Twitter account celebrates the barriers 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z The pension fund business is seen as a stolid part of the financial world. Sleepy Corner of U.K.’s Pension Industry Forced the Bank of England’s Hand 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Kaluuya, who previously starred in “Get Out,” is the stolid, solid center of the picture while Palmer overshadows him with her lively volubility. ‘Nope’ review: Jordan Peele’s originality gets abducted in his latest horror movie 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Greek and Roman influences were everywhere, producing too many stolid buildings. Perspective | Frank Lloyd Wright once designed a shimmering complex near Kalorama 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z This kind of stolid American decency comes easily to him. Tom Hanks strikes out in 'Elvis.' It's the rare misstep that illuminates a great career 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z The ideology behind Bush’s war may have been cooked up in the stolid bureaucratic world of think-tank Washington. When George W. Bush Confused Russia’s War in Ukraine With Iraq 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Thus began an avalanche against a typically stolid Celtics defense. Celtics’ Stars Provide the Drama. Heat’s Stars Deliver the Win. 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z This is the central problem lacing through the biography of Mr. Torres, a stolid and soft-spoken man who has repeatedly trekked to Capitol Hill to push for veterans’ health care. Opinion | The Monster That Followed Him Home From War 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z There is some question if a company can be both an innovative electric performance brand and a stolid legacy brand. With Multiple Personalities, Polestar Plots Its Post-Volvo Course 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z They probably wouldn’t equal Mr. DeMarco’s stolid fastidiousness, but they could try. One Pizza at a Time, He Defined the New York Slice 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Each crater held a single, stolid icefish, dark pectoral fins outspread like bat wings over a clutch of eggs. ‘Major Discovery’ Beneath Antarctic Seas: A Giant Icefish Breeding Colony 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z More often than not, it’s Adams who draws our attention; playing Dana as a professional who’s nevertheless prone to lose control of her emotions, she’s a strong foil for Jordan’s more stolid presence. Review | ‘A Journal for Jordan’ is a well-meaning but inert slice of true-life melodrama 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z In the narrowness of its range, the temperature may have made a particularly appropriate accomplice to Saturday’s skies, which were notable for their stolid and scarcely varying grayness. Saturday was warm and overcast in morning and evening 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z But our early glimpses of Mnangagwa from public appearances — a stolid figure calmly, slowly saying the right things about election credibility to the press — show a disquietingly measured confidence. Review: Lessons for U.S. abound in the outstanding Zimbabwe democracy doc 'President' 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Moen, a stolid senior, fielded the ball and eventually scored “because he was always that dependable guy, in the right place at the right time,” Williams said. My encounter with a football miracle: In search of the stories behind 'The Play' 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z A shaky coalition would be a marked change from the long line of stolid postwar governments. Germany’s Coalition Dating Game Starts to Get Serious 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z In “Crossroads,” I felt the stolid knowledge that must come from decades of succeeding, a writer in full possession of his powers, etc. Review: Is Jonathan Franzen too big to fail? 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Little wonder that sane, stolid Germany does so much better on “quality of life” indexes than the United States. Opinion | America would be much better off if our elections were as boring as Germany’s 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Mixing domestic dramas with global convulsions, the novel creates a profound sense of instability that would likely dismantle even the most stolid character. Colm Tóibín pens gripping retelling of Thomas Mann’s life in ‘The Magician’ 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z That version of Denmark was a little more stolid, a little more perfunctory, not yet influenced by what Laursen calls the “brilliant football brain” of its current coach. Denmark’s Secret: There Is No Secret 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Auditory tests are available, too: Some plastics sound tinny when tapped; others, stolid and dull. Museums are in a race against time to keep plastic art from falling apart 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z France’s defense is stolid and obdurate and miserly. France, So Deep and So Dominant, Finds One Goal Is Plenty 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z If finished in stolid Machine Gray Metallic paint, however, that same model fetched an average of $1,046 less, thanks to the color alone. Beige on an S.U.V. Will Cost You, but for Pickups It’s Golden 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Meet Hollywood’s new quarterback, more matinee usher than matinee idol, a stolid bit of sturdy known as Matthew Stafford. Plaschke: Matthew Stafford might not be Hollywood, but Rams love him in leading role 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z The stolid, plainspoken Shultz wasn’t a celebrity like Kissinger or a silky operator like Baker, but his achievements were just as great — and he accomplished them under more difficult conditions. Column: Why George P. Shultz was the best recent secretary of state 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Shultz was a stolid, outwardly unemotional man whose politics were, in fact, staunchly conservative. George Shultz, former Secretary of State in the 1980s, has died 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z “Fourteen of the works in this exhibition are representations of Black women. Young and old, alluring and stolid. Archetypal. All strong.” At 78, a Memphis sculptor sees his work headed to museums 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z Mary is a gruff, stolid woman who treasures her isolation and prefers manual labor to chitchat. Review: Kate Winslet gives her best performance in years in the striking, passionate 'Ammonite' 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z That task frequently falls to Pence, a stolid Midwesterner and devout Christian. Takeaways from the vice presidential debate between Harris and Pence 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z Some Communist Party members are the stolid apparatchiks of the Communist stereotype; many are not. U.S. Wants to Bar Members of China’s Communist Party. Who Are They? 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Sober and straightforward, evening news programs were a chief information delivery system for decades, led by stolid anchors who guided viewers through triumphs and tragedies alike. The Evening News Is Back 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z It drew nearly a dozen farmers to a white-walled conference room, men and a few women with stolid faces who listened to a presentation about how to better respond to pressures and “breaking the cycle.” Fighting suicides in dairy country through ‘farmer angels’ 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z And yet the house itself was unromantic: a stolid Victorian villa, built of massive blocks of red sandstone, on a steep hill overlooking a small seaside town. “The Bunty Club” 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z At first sight, “Lucky Per” looks like a stolid work of realism. A Neglected Modern Masterpiece and Its Perverse Hero 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z And at a news conference later Wednesday, Mr. Niinisto was all but forced to again express some stolid Nordic enthusiasm. Attention Foreign Leaders Planning to Visit the White House: A Stoic Expression Is Key to Survival 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Like its European neighbors to the east and north, stolid Belgium — with its Magritte-gray skies and cobblestone streets — was rapidly transforming. The Strange and Beautiful Universe of Walter Van Beirendonck 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z It was a hot day for Concord, sunny and ninety degrees on Main Street, with its stolid Yankee Doodle Dandy red-brick buildings. Marianne Williamson Wants Politics to Enter the New Age 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Among intelligence professionals, President Trump’s nomination of an inexperienced, partisan politician to oversee America’s spy agencies prompted deep dismay — but also a stolid reaffirmation of the spymaster’s credo: Let’s get on with it. Opinion | Trump’s intelligence shake-up could be his most dangerous move yet 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z But he also felt free expressing his wonderment at NASA’s achievements at a time when TV newscasters were generally stolid. 50 years later, TV is still enamored of the Apollo 11 moonwalk 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z Even Neil Armstrong, the stolid, reticent pilot, found his muse out in the beyond. What’s it really like to fly in space? 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z The story is ambiguous, but the image draws our eye from inside to outside, from the delicate wild bird, through doors and windows to the stolid mountains. Maria Berrío's dreamlike collages deploy paper like paint 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z The flavor is fairly stolid, much like the Midwestern temperament itself — a bit sweet with a slight lingering bitterness in the back of the throat. The official domestic beer power rankings 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Now imagine that everyone is good-humored and patient, or at the very least stolid: a political scientist might be able to extrapolate something about why Nordic socialism works. Sweden, Home to the World’s Oldest Cross-Country Ski Race, Confronts a Changing Climate 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z Other notes are from longtime ES owners who, while loving their cars, would be interested in something a little less stolid, a little less of a bürgermeisterwagen. Lexus ES 300h: Spend on the Luxury, Save on Gas Money 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z May’s stolid pursuit of other people’s goal — in the referendum she voted Remain — has evoked the criticism that “stamina is not a strategy.” Opinion | Theresa May’s Brexit plan isn’t dead yet 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Grafters are stolid and conventional, lining their pockets and then quietly retreating to one of their several homes. Why Are We Suddenly Surrounded by ‘Grift’? 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Near the center of the old city, a paper sign, not much larger than a business card, identifies the stolid headquarters of the society whose research caused so much commotion. The Insect Apocalypse Is Here 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z They never wrote recipes on index cards and assiduously filed them, like those stolid Midwestern Lutheran mothers. No Cookbooks Allowed: Seattle pop-up dinners celebrate immigrant home cooks 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z When Ui unctuously confronts him, we see the instinct for cruelty that ripples beneath his stolid façade. The Disturbing Resonance of Bertolt Brecht’s “The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui” 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Queer publishers are on to something, and after years of stolid, safe offerings queer people are being offered publications that reflect their rainbow. 'It's great to be niche. It also sucks': inside the grind of queer publishing 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Yet the panorama of suffering that Tarkovsky unrolls is far from stolid or stuck. “McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection” and the Tennis Star as Existential Hero 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z His work here is stolid but controlled, and he largely stays out of the material’s way, allowing both the basic logic and the utter preposterousness of the heist plot to shine through. Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett pull off an enjoyable, low-fizz heist in 'Ocean's 8' With four and a half seconds left, the Cavs were down by just a point, and the stolid guard George Hill was up for two free throws that might have clinched the game. J. R. Smith and the Perils of Playing with LeBron 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z He parlayed that stolid reputation into unexpected laughs when he signed on for “Wait Wait” in 1998. Carl Kasell, NPR broadcaster who brought gravitas and goofiness to the airwaves, dies at 84 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z This allows the pretense that evolution is a stolid, unchanging field, with few new ideas that might refresh its 19th century heritage. On "Darwinism" 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Fillmore was a stolid, self-made man who would in time alienate slavery opponents and leave his party in disarray, earning his place among the worst presidents. Opinion | They Were Bad. He May Be Worse. 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z Even Germany, long a bastion of stolid governance, is changing. Upstart Parties Are Pushing Europe to a New Way of Doing Politics 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z Although Wheeler was superficially stolid, he had an imagination arguably even more vivid than Feynman's. Theoretical physics: When the doer met the dreamer : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z It reminds you more than a little of Coach Jay Gruden, who has avoided becoming one of those stolid, humorless, drill sergeant types, and whose players clearly appreciate him for it. Perspective | Where’s the Redskins’ defensive coordinator? He might be hiding in a porta-potty. 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Western ambassadors found him to be polite, stolid and rather dull. Nicolás Maduro: will Venezuela’s president drag his people to the edge? | Observer profile 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z The prose is dry and stolid, accompanied by neither rhetorical flourish nor lavish praise. FIFA Pulls Back the Curtain, but Will It Ever See the Light? 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z “Finally, there are younger candidates. Finally, there are more women. And finally, there are new ideas in a staid, stolid system. That’s renewal.” France’s Macron is about to expand his power in a remarkable way 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Dennett had lurked off to the side, stolid and silent, but he now launched into an argument about perspective. Daniel Dennett’s Science of the Soul 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Reflecting on the larger problem, though, Lyons joined his compatriots in stolid resignation. Midmajors Suffer Under Built-In Biases of N.C.A.A.’s Selection Process 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Ms. Merkel, 62, is now the undisputed leader of Europe, weary but resolute, the stolid defender of an embattled European Union and of Western liberal values. Putin and Merkel: A Rivalry of History, Distrust and Power 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z Glenn, with his steady, stolid military voice and his socially liberal credentials—he was pro-choice and supported the Equal Rights Amendment—won a second term resoundingly. Postscript: John Glenn, 1921-2016 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z The ordinarily stolid Economist has lately lurched from dubious indignation over “post-Truth politics” to the Rip Van Winkle-ish declaration of “The New Nationalism”. Welcome to the age of anger | Pankaj Mishra 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Ohio was once the home of the Old Guard, Main Street, county Chamber of Commerce Republican Party: stolid, sober, civil, fiscally conservative, socially enlightened. This Land: Reflections From Trump’s America 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Beneath their calm, stolid exteriors may lurk something dark, brooding, even sinister. That Deadly Accountant Could Be Your Wife 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Where Trump’s is the change-oriented “Make America Great Again,” Clinton’s is a more stolid “Stronger Together,” which speaks to rallying existing Democratic voters around her candidacy - and is a harder sell. A new worry for Clinton: Trump's struggles may depress Democratic voter turnout 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z This led to a disconnect between his family’s stolid, universalist postwar morality and his own. How the Berenstain Bears Found Salvation 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Much of the dialogue is too literal and undercut by its stolid earnestness, and many of the characters are left underdeveloped. Animated 'Bilal: A New Breed of Hero' follows a young man's journey of faith 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z "I can not believe what I am hearing," says Homer's opponent Ray Patterson, a stolid public servant of many years standing. Trump v Clinton: Debate lessons from TV and film - BBC News 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Japanese politicians tend to be stolid and dull, but Murata is different. Four Things to Know About Renho Murata—Japan's First Female Opposition Leader 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z They're both stolid movies that skip hyperbole and histrionics, but don't replace those things with an alternate form of energy. In Loving, Jeff Nichols' version of history is as quiet as the real thing 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z In febrile times, it is hard to begrudge Republicans cheering a stolid midwesterner for whom “no-nonsense” is a compliment. At his majesty’s pleasure 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Pence is a stolid, Max Headroom lookalike with very conservative views on social issues. Donald Trump and Mike Pence are a mismatched political pair 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Those on the ballot this year may have little to fear from the stolid and disciplined Hoosier. Donald Trump and Mike Pence, Republicans as Different as Night and Day 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z They did little to hide their disdain for the California resident in the years that followed, deriding his attachment to America – caffeinated, silly America – as an insult to German football’s stolid, collegiate traditionalism. USA's Copa América has been revived by their glorious, bloody defense 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z Crowe’s Jackson, by contrast, is all stolid, self-assured competence, and the actor wears his girth proudly: Few performers have done better while looking worse. Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling enliven Shane Black's retro-noir comedy 'The Nice Guys' 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z In the stolid, staccato language of a police report, the files say Mr. Dear shot one of his victims in the parking lot as he tried to flee. Documents Detail Scene of Planned Parenthood Shooting in Colorado Springs 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Vodka’s line, by comparison, was stolid and straight, featureless as snow. A Liquor for the Farm-to-Table Movement 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Some were regulars from the neighborhood, knowledgeable about the local tribulations and glad for the survival of this unobtrusive but stolid landmark. The East Village May Change, but the Strudel at Moishe’s Stays the Same 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z It was doing things its own way, bucking the stolid stoicism of Mercedes-Benz’s sedans and the in-your-face brashness of American muscle cars. Driving the BMW M2: perfectly flawed 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Early newscasters—almost always one man and one woman—were chosen for their standard Mandarin pronunciation and stolid demeanour; the same few read the news for decades. No news is bad news 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z But Saban clings to the mantra of Alabama football going back to the days of the legendary Bear Bryant: Football games are won with an impenetrable defense and a stolid running game. Clemson vs. Alabama: Why the Party Crashers May Turn the Tide 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z It is the cheerfulness that lingers here behind the lines, like a happy schoolboy, as world history continues its stolid death march. The Secular Psalmist 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z The cousins have another connection that has nothing to do with their stolid Midwestern roots -- one that runs straight through Wall Street. Special Report: Money-go-round fuels buybacks, leaves workers sidelined 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z That such a calamity befell the stolid municipality of Homs, long an industrial and agricultural center and site of a major refinery, still seems unfathomable to many residents. Syrian rebels in the historic city of Homs are leaving behind a panorama of destruction 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z But really, Washington is full of stolid bronze white men with funny facial hair and neglected hands. Before there was a fountain in Dupont Circle, there was a statue. An ugly one. 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Merkel trained as a physical chemist before making a slow and steady rise through the political ranks, relying on her stolid reputation to see her through a decade in the Chancellor’s office. Merkel Becomes Fourth Woman to be Named Person of the Year 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z In 1969, Milton S. Eisenhower, the former president of Johns Hopkins University, the brother of an ex-president and the very personification of a stolid Republican, recommended the confiscation of handguns. Look at what you’ve done, Wayne LaPierre 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z This time, however, the Norwegian champion’s attempt to find dynamic play against Black’s stolid Ruy Lopez Berlin Defense leads him badly astray. DAVID R. SANDS: French win an emotional start to European team chess tourney 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Returning home, he couldn’t shake the effect that her emotional honesty and beauty had had not only on his stolid middle-class perspective but on his art and his imagination. Another Side of Arthur Miller 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z As the C.E.O. of Halliburton, he was living in Texas at the time, rather than in Washington, and he projected a stolid, phlegmatic trustworthiness. How the Bushes Misunderstood Cheney 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Is it possible, however, that the solid might congeal into the stolid and the dull? Steven Spielberg’s Cold War 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z An air of wholesome, stolid assurance pervades “Bridge of Spies,” a handsome, sober-minded Cold War thriller about a little-known chapter of American history. ‘Bridge of Spies’ is an engrossing account of a real-life Cold War case 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The presidential debates of yesteryear were stolid affairs—often to the point of dullness. 10 Memorable Moments in Presidential Debate History 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Then they got the Raiders, stolen from the stolid city of Oakland and the Bay Area. N.F.L. to Weigh Three Teams’ Proposals on Moving to Los Angeles 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z So, are stolid corporate mission statements still relevant in our quick-change world of new competition, new markets, new channels, new relationships, and even newer technologies? TeradataVoice: Your Data & Analytics Mission, Should You Choose To Accept It 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z If the production generally remains somewhat stolid, several performances are especially appealing. Review: All the Living Room’s a Stage in Madison Revival of ’27 Play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z The work’s airiness offers a delicate contrast to the stolid rectangular high-rises that flank the park. An artist’s tree house takes shape at Reston Town Center 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z The child’s perfection was not just physical either — he also had a steady mind: "on the whole stolid and unemotional." Monkey day care: Growing up as a child research subject 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z But the stolid statue was adorned with poppies, a Western way of remembering war. Fighting with ghosts 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z This should inspire dread in the most stolid of hearts — not only in India but across the world. The long, troubling consequences of India’s partition that created Pakistan 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z And stolid men don't wear suits whose trousers don't quite reach their shoes. A Point of View: Why don't men's trousers cover their ankles any more? 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z “Homeland” fans may be drawn in by the prospect of seeing Lewis’ energetic and mercurial Henry, one far removed from the traditional image of a stolid, bulky ruler as depicted in Hans Holbein’s portrait. PBS’ ‘Wolf Hall’: 16th-century powerbroker makes his play 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z "Homeland" fans may be drawn in by the prospect of seeing Lewis' energetic and mercurial Henry, one far removed from the traditional image of a stolid, bulky ruler as depicted in Hans Holbein's portrait. PBS' 'Wolf Hall': 16th-century powerbroker makes his play 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z And so the England team is made up of bit-part players and stolid pros rather than swashers, bucklers and dashing leading men. England cricket is like EastEnders 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The grumbling, stolid, individualistic citizens who knew they deserved better but whose "native genius" could only be set free by revolution. What's love got to do with politics? 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z The Sturgeon Bay did eight slow laps around the two boats, which took about three and a half hours at the stolid pace of 11.5 miles an hour. Under Frozen Tundra, an Icebreaking Ship Uncovers the Hudson 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z Is he too much a stolid Midwesterner, too narrow in his Wisconsin grounding. Can Scott Walker’s unflashy style break through in 2016? 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Despite the tragedy that brought them all together, Ms. Gomez is stolid, refusing to succumb to grief. After Daughter’s Death, Welcoming Grandchildren Into a Bustling Home 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Germany’s relatively strong performance over the past decade seems to be an affirmation of its stolid corporate virtues. The tyranny of the long term 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z With his surname and his reputation for serving as a stolid administrator rather than a messenger of hope, Jeb, if he does decide to run, will face a challenge in adapting to this new environment. What the Bushes and Clintons Agree On 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z Animal characters figure into much of his writing, such as an opossum whose penchant for frenetic motion draws admonishment from his stolid mother. Artist’s work combats condition affecting brain 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z The big, stolid agencies — the health ministries, the infrastructure builders, the procurement agencies — are the bulwarks of the civil and global order. BIF 10: Who Needs A Paper Route When You Can Start A Robotics Company? 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z The former Luxembourg prime minister, current Polish prime minister and Italian foreign minister bring a combination of wily west European compromise building, stolid central European determination and youthful Mediterranean exuberance to the task. EU's new leadership trio may surprise on upside 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z In her near-cameo appearances, Swift manages to evoke an older, less stolid world by just looking fundamentally wrong for the film’s aesthetic, with her sharp, delicate features and willowy frame. 'The Giver' review: to live is to suffer 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z It's the safe, stolid package service that hotels love. Fair and balanced CNN wins no hearts in the US 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z Now he heads up a group of young attacking players at Hodgson's disposal who represent a break from the past and England's traditionally staid and stolid outlook. Sparkling Sterling shows his value for England 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z If I was motivated to pick up a book – those solid, stolid objects that never ring or send us push notifications – then something about it was awesome, and I needed to recognize that. If you knew you could only read 2,000 more books, where would you begin? 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z That was made possible by migration into the district by northern businessmen and midwestern retirees: stolid Rotarians and Chamber of Commerce types, rather than the fiery southern conservatives found elsewhere in Florida. Lexington: Of pensioners and pork 2014-02-13T15:59:49Z The effect: a heap of volumes, not liquid but stolid, chintzily embellished, clad in acres of eye-shadow-blue glass offset by a pox of tinted panes, like age spots. Critic’s Notebook: Seeing a Need for Oversight of New York’s Lordly Towers 2013-12-23T01:31:03Z That’s why the output of the Third Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Chinese officials stolid rebuttal to George Orwell, included “ecological civilization” among its litany of potential reforms. What Do China's New Policies Mean for the Environment? 2013-11-22T16:15:20.340Z Peoria is a stolid spot, built on such industries as whiskey and tractors. Lexington: How the shutdown plays in Peoria 2013-10-10T15:00:39Z That didn’t do much to lift the energy in the room, either — cabinetmakers are a pretty stolid set of people. You're the Boss Blog: Here’s What Happened When I Introduced Profit Sharing 2013-09-09T11:00:34Z For generations, the blue-blazer set bragged that the stolid dependable Open winner “had no pulse.” U.S. Open: Merion is everything a championship venue should be, but rarely is 2013-06-15T00:54:00Z At first sight German industry does seem stolid. The economy: Dissecting the miracle 2013-06-13T15:10:47Z Those are sweet numbers for England's fans, who have grown tired of the stolid, stodgy fare they have been served so often by their team in recent years. Owen Farrell's form suggests England may have found their perfect 10 2013-02-03T22:59:01Z Could he bring an added dimension to a sometimes rather stolid midfield? USA vs Canada - live! 2013-01-30T02:14:23Z And a form of emergency rule imposed under the province’s more stolid governor. Why Anti-Shi'ite Violence May Be the Biggest Problem for Pakistan 2013-01-16T02:35:33Z To Romney and his classmates, the surge in corporate conglomeration fueled by the 1960s bull market, and still venerated by their professors, appeared to have produced stolid giants. Mitt Romney's Missed Opportunity 2012-11-01T09:55:39Z A new book, Clarks in Jamaica, tells the bizarre story of how the stolid Somerset firm became shoemakers to the reggae industry. Clarks, the shoes that tap to Jamaica's reggae beat 2012-10-27T23:10:58Z In the cultural landscape of 21st-century America, the church has become one of the country’s most vocal naysayers, a stolid institutional power obsessed with turning back the clock on social, especially sexual, mores. Nuns in revolt 2012-09-06T18:25:00Z In the role, Arkilic explained, Blank would transform stolid university profs into red-blooded entrepreneurs. Steve Blank Introduces Scientists To A New Variable: Customers 2012-08-01T16:49:46Z It is hard not to admire Chancellor Angela Merkel’s stolid refusal to adopt policies she opposes in the face of growing pressure from partners and allies to act to salvage the euro zone. IHT Rendezvous: Subtext: Germany Threatens Europe 2012-06-13T14:43:14Z They, however, moved not, but waited the issue with the most stolid indifference. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z But neither Mr. Lowe's hard cynicism, nor Mr. Ayrton's dogmatic inæstheticism, nor Mr. Bruce's stolid mechanical interference, stirred the large keen dissatisfaction which Mr. Gladstone's own incomprehensibility in the end did. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z The Minnesotan is steady and stolid, a reliable surrogate whom Romney could count on to skewer Obama without snarling. Handicapping the Veepstakes: Tim Pawlenty Makes More Sense Than You Might Think 2012-04-24T09:10:00Z Sometimes they are such wonders of golden glory that even the most stolid peasant gazes on them with emotion. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z So long as there is bacon and hominy, and free territory, with a modicum of whisky within easy reach, you cannot summon this stolid, retreating animal to a better condition. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z This is partly from a spirit of surly independence—partly from an ignorant determination to hold with stolid obstinacy to that most erroneous belief, that the galloping of horses is injurious to grass-lands. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z Then, with a guttural grunt that betokened disappointment, he would replace the glasses and relapse into a stolid contemplation of his silent comrades. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z The woman, who had been sitting with a stern and stolid looking face as though wrapped in spiritual meditation, now addressed the girl who it was believed had obeyed the summons of the mother. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z Our reveries were cut short by the appearance of a stolid Dutchman, who brought us a liberal supply of food that, compared with our hard fare of the last month, was a bounteous feast. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z The Turk, with his heavy stolid nature, is a more obstinate religionist than the Arab. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Then as she met those small, sharp, crafty eyes, set high in the big stolid face like little deadly guns in a fort, her heart missed a beat. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z The strong, stolid figure, the fine old face traced with the lineage of gentility, the cane that pounded down the sidewalks as he went where he willed. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z For the first time since she had been in England Jasmine divined that underneath the stolid Anglo-Saxon exterior palpitated ambition and romance and the dark emotions of Southern passion. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z Even Joseph, the stolid and fishy-eyed waiter, patronized us, and gravely did us a hundred obliging services beyond his official duty. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The attitude of the Boers around us was one of stolid composure, not altogether unmixed with sympathy. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Then the sheriff, his face now stolid and important, bustled in and across to the jury-room, opened the door and summoned the occupants. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z He may have with him a native oil-painting; if a portrait, stolid and hard; but if of a ship, true to the last rope, and exact in every particular. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z That ordinarily stolid nobleman was leaning far forward in his stage box, mouth and eyes wide, staring with incredulous amaze at the posturing Andalusian. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Samoset betrayed no understanding of these English words, maintaining a stolid indifference while preparations for his entertainment went on. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z But when his eyes and features lapse into their habitual condition of indolent, good-natured, stolid repose, all light of intellect seems to have been banished. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Then our warfare was against cold, dull, dead, stolid indifference; but now error in every shape is in full activity, and we require to be armed at all points against every species of attack. Rome, Turkey, and Jerusalem 2012-03-30T02:00:17.477Z And so it is with this year’s annual report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, whose pages are graced by the smiling, stolid portraits of board members who run local companies like Whataburger Restaurants. The Trade: Banking Regulator Calls for End of 'Too Big to Fail' 2012-03-28T16:20:24Z Not that those stolid agriculturists required much repression. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z A séance on a burning, blazing afternoon in August, with two stolid and uninteresting, and worse still, uninterested looking strangers, who appeared to think Mrs. W—— had a "bee in her bonnet." There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z He is handsome in a certain sense, but he is heavy, stolid, sensual-looking, and even gross in form and face. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Third-class included an interesting quartette of stubby Spanish soldiers, and one slim naval stoker, whose flexible movements and sportive bonhomie were in striking contrast to the stolid immobility of his companions. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z It did not look as if this cheering, servile, stolid mob would ever rise against anything. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z The negro is a hardy animal, stolid under pain. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z In cases of mild grade the patient lies conscious, but in a stolid apathy, listlessly accepting the services of his attendants. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Will could imagine Azito sitting with the stolid patience of the Indian, clasping his knees, indifferent to the passage of time. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z Indeed, it seemed to wear an expression of stolid immobility, as though secretly defying our puny efforts to induce it to reveal the treasures it guarded. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z One morning, in an excess of self-commiseration and resentment at their stolid taciturnity, he had spat in the face of a gendarme. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z The stolid Dutchmen looked round upon one another with a knowing air as much as to say "We have heard that story before." A Hero of Li?ge 2012-03-16T02:00:21.347Z But her buxom form and square, stolid face did not commend her; they were at odds with romance. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z And she was rather certain that she had impressed this lazy-eyed reporter and the stolid butler. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z Probably his stolid nature wanted passion to excite it—some nature’s, like deep waters, are only to put in motion by a storm. Life and Character of Richard Carlile 2012-03-14T02:00:25.327Z In the depth of her heart there had always lurked some doubt as to whether the submissive, stolid Russian masses had it in them ever to rise against anybody. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z A tendency to flightiness in speculation on the one hand, and a stolid refusal to speculate at all on the other, are the marks of second century Christianity. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z "If nothing has happened to him----" she murmured, and looked from one to the other; from Mr. Bishop's smug face to the landlady's stolid visage. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z He replaced the boards, and became to all appearances his stolid self again. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z The usually stolid Dutchman trembled with excitement, and his broad face was scarlet with indignation. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z The black dwarf had been sent for from the castle, the outwardly stolid and incurious maid-of-all-work informed him. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z Gladys was devoted to Fairy, and admired her thistledown ways; but being herself a fat, stolid child, could by no means keep up to Fairy's pace. The Dorrance Domain 2012-03-10T03:00:14.767Z The visitor, who was no other than Mrs. Tyson's old servant, the stolid woman who had once admitted Henrietta to the house, seemed at a loss what to say next. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Our stolid guiding officer was up on his toes now and rooting as if it were some sporting event in progress. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z Now the stolid face of Myouk glows with animation; he lies still, biding his time, a coil of walrus hide many yards in length lying at his side. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z And Sallie clutched at the big, stolid Englishman's arm again and clung to it as they went forward, along the dark empty decks. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z The entire population was present; even the babies were held up on the outskirts of the crowd, stolid and staring. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z The reason for her stolid adherence to the gold standard now is the same for which she originally demonetized silver. Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 2012-02-29T03:00:21.727Z In the bank he grew more taciturn, doing his business with less spirit than before, suspecting Arthur and avoiding speech with him, meeting his careless smile with a stolid face. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z By this time the stolid foreigners were fully awake to the peril that confronted them. The Iron Boys as Foremen or, Heading the Diamond Drill Shift 2012-02-28T03:00:24.413Z The Burglar handed a card to the liveried Voice and noted, with obvious amusement, a fleeting expression of astonishment on the stolid face. The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z She nodded and passed on, stolid and homely in the morning light. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z He came forward and fired very carelessly, scarcely stooping to the rest; but he hit the figure fairly in the breast with both bullets and retired, a stolid smile on his large countenance. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Only Clement, going about his branch of the work with his usual stolid indifference, perceived no change in the temperature, and, depressed before, was only a degree nearer to the mean level. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z "Where you put Segunder's friend Rush?" demanded the big miner, still preserving his stolid expression. The Iron Boys as Foremen or, Heading the Diamond Drill Shift 2012-02-28T03:00:24.413Z The revolution stirred the stolid Romans, and Carlo enlisted under Garibaldi. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z The Flying Dutchman, a stolid Holland-born sailor, was our best cook, and the pans and kettles were generally left to him; but now all wanted to try their skill, and the results were extraordinary. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z He stood there writing, without any apology, for some time, and only left off when a female servant, brilliant and stolid as a Dutch doll, threw the door open again to bring in supper. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z But the ostler gave him no more than a stolid stare. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Stuff!" said Martin, recovering his stolid composure, "I was but trying my new string. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z I tried not to remember what strange, stolid faces the hillmen had had whom I had seen at the station the day before. In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India 2012-02-17T03:00:28.697Z It was as if he sought some luminous answer in those puffed and stolid features. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Sir Charles was in the heart of the crowd before he was recognised; and then his stolid unconsciousness and the general good-humour, born of victory, served him well. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z The trembling Mikado looked piteously at Nara, who, stolid, and apparently both deaf and blind, moved no muscle. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Before that, a more agricultural society held up understated values like self-discipline and stolid personal honor as ideals. Give us some space, and respect, proud introvert argues 2012-02-13T22:11:15Z And Susan and Phil, with the ease of old friends, proceeded to marshal the strange little toy animals in line, two by two, behind Mr. and Mrs. Noah and their stiff and stolid family. Black-Eyed Susan 2012-02-13T03:00:16.587Z There was to be, later on, a meeting, and he, with a stolid courage that evoked an admiration strong enough to smother the first sense of ludicrousness, was making that meeting. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z The maid, a woman of mature years, said nothing, but held her ground, the image of stolid disapproval. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z The Master turned to Schwartz, who faced him in stolid composure. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z How did these quiet, stolid, unlettered Lancashire peasant-women become possessed of inventions worthy of the grimmest of German tales of diablerie? Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z Their bewilderment, stolid Britons as they were, would have been funny, had not her manner of exciting it been so discreditable. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z But evidently the English character for steady energy and stolid good humour is built up partly by following the sport of luggage-hunting. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z "Where are we to go, sir?" the maid asked, as stolid as before. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z "Why wouldn't he?" growled Schwartz, his stolid nerve shaken by the unexpected onslaught. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z Charmides, more stolid and less concerned, stared out upon the sunny square and down the far stretch of the Â-Ibur-Sabû, from which far-distant sounds of music came faintly to his ears. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z But the stolid doorkeeper only turned his head for an instant. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z He stood in front of her with a face singularly stolid. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z His words and stolid bumpkin air threw me into a frenzy of rage. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z Even a stolid, nerveless dog hates a muzzle. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z It seemed impossible that strange startling things could happen in his presence; he had so stolid and comfortable a look, his life was so customary and sane. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z The two Turkish troopers who formed his guard were smoking cigarettes; the crew of four were gathered aft, taking the disaster that had befallen them with stolid unconcern. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z Now, whatever character she has has been buried under a mountain weight of stolid stupidity. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z But he gazed with no more than the stolid attention of a lackey. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z Yet Morty sought to hurl the kitten over this stolid barrier into the fire. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z While the Spaniards were seated together, talking with their usual stately, stolid phlegm, this unaccountable leak would break out and fill the cabin, or drench them in their hammocks. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z The Arabs sat their horses in stolid patience, scarcely moving or speaking. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z Sam's stolid countenance assumed a look of doubt, as if he did not altogether understand. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:21.457Z This is not to say that in the teeming history of those eventful years Lincoln's mind and will and sentiments had stood in stolid immobility. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z I glanced at him—he's just the same, brick colour—stolid. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Williams's wife, an octoroon, whose portrait shows her to have been a thick-set, stolid sort 226 of woman, died here, a year ago, and is buried hard by. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z When there is a question of fighting, if only in a riot, the stolid peasant wakes up and shows surprising power of finding organization and expedients, and alas! a surprising ferocity. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z The old man turned the name over carefully in his stolid brains, and then shook his heavy grey head with a decided negative. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z It was never mere endurance, stolid and inert. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z His expression is stolid, and he is mute, but he watches and follows everything that goes on around us. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z He was already, in effect, dead, and he meant to maintain the stolid silence of death. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z Frank looked back, and of all the party Bruce Browning was the only one whose face remained stolid and impassive. Frank Merriwell's Alarm Doing His Best 2011-12-30T03:00:28.567Z The woman was a squaw typical in looks and bearing, with the straight black hair, dark skin, and stolid look of her race. Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City 2011-12-28T03:00:42.950Z She had a rather sad face, Philip thought, but it lit up wonderfully when she smiled, which she did as soon as she beheld the stolid, sturdy little figure in the doorway. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z What could be the explanation of such fierce excitement in stolid Alfred, of all people in the world? A Bride from the Bush 2011-12-24T03:08:05.053Z By the time I reached Msuwa, there was nobody with me and the ten donkeys I drove but Mabruk, who perseveringly, though generally stolid, stood to his work like a man. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z The details here given are taken entirely from the State papers, stolid and ungarnished, but the tale they tell is momentous and dire in its importance. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z I found him in the police station, surrounded by a crowd of excited officials, to whose inquiries he turned a mien of dull and stolid indifference. Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City 2011-12-28T03:00:42.950Z The words appeared to leap from her lips involuntarily; and she repented them as soon as uttered; and drawing herself up she tried to appear cold and stolid. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z His companions were strong, stolid bushmen, whose business it was to carry the provisions and camp outfit. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z Low and dingy, squat and ugly, it crouched between a couple of cheap brick tenements like a stolid, sullen beast of prey; its few small windows alight with a dull red glow, like vengeful eyes. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z His companions gazed in front of them in stolid, silent contempt. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z “Dog or cat, yes, sir, or—something,” echoed Morgan, his eyes narrowed to pin-points, then growing large, but his face stolid. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z Now and again one or other of the officers came up to me; and to all alike I adopted an attitude of cold and stolid impassiveness. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z Elmer laughed, and at the same time looked suspiciously at the German; for somehow he was fast coming to the conclusion that Adam might be smarter than his stolid appearance indicated. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z During this lame performance Miss Farington listened with a perfectly stolid face, but with a heightened colour which told that she knew, in vulgar parlance, what I was driving at. A Witch of the Hills, v. 2-2 2011-12-15T03:00:17.253Z With what stolid lowering resignation he extracted my reason for this unparalleled order! A Witch of the Hills, v. 1-2 2011-12-15T03:00:15.700Z Solid arrays of facts presented to them have contributed nothing to breaking down their stolid egotism. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z "If you please, we must go, and at once," was the stolid reply. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z Two or three times Ananda addressed himself to his uncle but his remarks were received in stolid silence. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z I glanced at the stolid figure by my side. A Witch of the Hills, v. 2-2 2011-12-15T03:00:17.253Z Soon Fran�ois stood before him in the doorway of the kitchen, and a glance revealed the same heavy features as of old—russet-red complexion, drooping moustache, and look of stolid indifference. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z She felt the contrast between her own activity and intellectual energy, and the stolid indifference and sheep-like contentedness of her husband, and it went to her heart! Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z The stolid stony impassiveness of the man's face crushed every hope out of me. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z The scolding was received with stolid silence, which was called sullenness. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z She was absolutely silent, and looked stolid and stupid too. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z "Foregad! you wear too stolid a mask to convince me it is your natural countenance." The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z But upon the mind of the stolid countryman the statement had just no effect at all. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z The stolid, melancholy-looking Boer was roused in an instant from his apathy. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z Five o'clock had passed when they emerged upon the New England town's stolid main street. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z The farmer pulled up his horse, and looked down upon their grouping with an expression of stolid amiability. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z While such gruesome imaginings occupied his mind, the subject of them continued to regard him with a stolid silence which at last struck him as singular. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z The man's stolid demeanour, the complete indifference with which he faced their rage, might have had something to do with it. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z They made a roaring fire, tied up their horses to a tree close at hand, cooked some meat, enjoyed a hearty meal, and then smoked their pipes with stolid contentment. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z He was a good and sympathetic man and a priest of God, but, American-born, he was, like her stolid, kindly husband, outside the magic circle of comprehension. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z Haldane looked thoughtful at breakfast; Boone was silent and suspiciously stolid, for he betrayed himself by the very slowness with which he folded back the newspaper brought him to expose the commercial reports. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z Subjectivism is not idealism,—the stolid dogmatism of neo-realism to the contrary notwithstanding. John Dewey's logical theory 2011-11-28T03:00:21.547Z Claire's aspect breathed such desperation that it wrought havoc even with so stolid a perversity as that of the harsh, unpropitiable being whom she confronted. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Despite the toils and dangers of his last eighteen months in the wilderness, his heart was light and there was a look upon his broad and stolid face that told of much happiness. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z Instead, a stolid, fixed expression had come upon her face, one which, as it were, was void of all expression. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z "I don't know that the stolid, emotionless person is not far the happiest," he said at last. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z She was not quite a peasant—she and her brother owned their house, showing that they belonged to the stolid, sound, sheltered burgher class. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Her remarks, whatever their nature, were met in stolid silence. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z A staid and stolid son of the Vatterland who had spent the wee sma’ hours upon the premises and now stood upon the piazza upright and rigid as the inanimate objects all about him. Three Little Women A Story for Girls 2011-11-17T03:00:30.707Z No,—though the stolid atheist fondly clings To that last hope, how kindred to despair! The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z He was, to judge from his appearance, one of the stolid bushmen who come out West from the forests of Northern Ontario—tireless men with ax and plow, but with little knowledge of anything else. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z He evidently got on with him, and was conveniently pleased with his society, but he had, to a peculiar degree, the stolid indifferent manner of most schoolboys. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z They gave stammering responses, or rattled off the wrong thing with fatal glibness, or preserved that stolid silence which is the most naked candor of ignorance. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z So young, so beautiful, and yet so cold, so frigid, so--stolid. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z My companion, whose name I discovered later was Walworth, was kneeling beside me with a preternaturally grave expression upon his usually stolid face. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z She was trembling with eagerness, but the station agent stood on my other side, and he was woodenly stolid. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z He was feeling a great deal—for him—at this moment, but his face was as stolid as a doll's. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z With a less flamboyant and engaging image than Ali’s Mr. Frazier seemed far less expressive, possessed of a stolid ruggedness of a hard-working man who let his fists and his dedication speak for him. Boxing champion Joe Frazier dies at 67 2011-11-08T09:51:00Z As he remained stolid in his attitude towards me, I gave up any hope of finding out anything about him, and rode home. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z There are coaching-inns here of vast size, ranging from the solid-looking “George” with “eighteenth century” proclaimed plainly enough on its stolid face, back to the “Ostrich,” rambling, gabled, timber-framed, Elizabethan. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z The stolid expression on her face showed plainly that she had not the faintest inkling of what was going on. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z In Yorkshire, indeed, the stolid people of the West Riding were not greatly moved by this enthusiasm. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z Yet I love your honest peasants Dwelling on the mountain slope, Slow and stolid, yet the children Of the spirit born of freedom, Of the patience born of hope. The Call of the Mountains and other Poems 2011-10-28T02:00:27.360Z One was a slow, stolid Jew of middle-age, with stubbornness and honesty the chief characteristics of his face. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z "It is said that a poet has died young in the breast of the most stolid." Chimneysmoke 2011-10-27T02:00:25.953Z Stapleton stared hard at his subordinate, as if trying to read the thoughts stirring behind his stolid countenance. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z Save that the rims of his stolid porcelain-blue eyes were pinkish, as if with suppressed tears, he had not greatly changed. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z And, back of his reserve and pride, which wore so cold and stolid an air, was a heart like a shut furnace. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z Once or twice Eutychus became hysterical from the depression, but the stolid servitor smote him and bundled him on. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z They had noticed the stolid air of disapproval with which he had gone around, looking with critical eye upon the house and its surroundings. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z The three bucks looked on in stolid indifference but MacFarlane noted that the eyes of the squaw followed his every movement. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z But in the apostle's language there is something more than this stolid and sullen submission. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z He had taken the catastrophe with a stolid stoicism and a bitten lip. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z This time they shook hands as friends indeed, but the stolid face wore no smile as before. Pioneer Day Exercises 2011-10-19T02:00:21.770Z He would relapse into the stolid, silent dog they all believed him to be. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z He looked questioningly at the Indian who returned the scrutiny with a look of stolid indifference. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z Heavy carts, their wheels solid discs of wood, drawn by stolid white bullocks, lumbered noisily along, the drivers twisting the byles' tails to accelerate their speed. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z I grew careless as to my fate, and with stolid indifference struggled onward as we progressed slowly against the current of water. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z They did not do as did the angry Italians of a New Jersey town,—smash the invidious pictures which shamed their homes; they sat in stolid silence and discomfiture, dimly conscious of an unresented insult. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z On one side of the doorway a window opened into the porter's lodge, and at the window appeared the porter's face, wearing that peculiarly stolid expression common to the door-keepers of all great houses. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:45.883Z His voice, as well as his seeming indifference and stolid quiet, seemed to make the silence duller. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z Never in my service had I seen the usually stolid sepoys so moved. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z "Lawyer Harvey told me what the law was, an' I don't intend to get into any fuss by deprivin' a prisoner of his rights," was the stolid reply. The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair 2011-10-08T02:00:21.640Z Hamilton was the same stolid, heavy-dragoon looking man, and Jenny Hamilton was as young and charming-looking as ever; and they seemed to be very prosperous, so they probably did well with Smythe’s diamonds. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z In less than a quarter of an hour a squad of stolid Teutons arrive and search the hospital from attic to cellar. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z It was for the enlightenment of these gentlemen that Mr. Leech designed his cartoon "No Danger," representing a donkey, eloquent in his stolid stupidity, tranquilly braying in front of a loaded cannon. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z But he held his peace with stolid jowl until gagged by a double thickness of the rope that soon held him hand and foot. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z The nobles who were ranged on either side of the throne, the king's fan and cup bearers, his generals and the master of his household, remained with stolid faces. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Ten thousand pounds, and you may have Boschfontein, but for not one dollar less,” answered Mr Ziederman, looking as stolid as ever. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z |
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