Sentences with phrase «even staid»

Since witnessing how rapidly even staid financial companies like Lehman Brothers can collapse, I never buy bonds issued by financial entities, period.

Note that even staid Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser) attempts a lively pocket square and matching tie (likely chosen by his wife), while Don Draper opts for a sober grey check.

Soon, even her staid, influential husband, Alexei Karenin (Jude Law), is aware of their scandalous flirtation.

Not exact matches

This wall - mounted tablet is essentially an enormous iPad, and it will definitely bring the «wow» factor to even the most staid conference room.

Even the normally staid Alan Abelson of Barron's finally threw in the towel last week, abandoning his own caution that stocks have run too fast, too far, and suggesting that investors let their profits run «until they start to go the other way.

well I am aren't I. I am still breathing oxygen because Jesus has staid my hand and held my hand even there even then and I'm happy to report it's been almost a year without my hand reaching for that comforting blankey of «then I will just kill myself!»

There is nothing strange or wonderful or even bothersome in the staid mathematics of Whitehead's work for lay people.

It is more staid than even Major League Baseball, which fields teams with drastic money differences.

As the fictional landscape designer Sabine de Barra, hired to create the Rockwork Grove amphitheater at Versailles, she stands in defiance of social and aesthetic convention even while the film itself never bursts its staid costume - drama seams.

You'd think from all the whooping and dancing around by the campaigners that they were electing the President, but in truth, even if they got their man elected, he would be only one vote out of nine members; hardly enough to convince the staid politicians to extend the Monorail — which to this day it simply is not.

While in no way reinventing the documentary wheel, Pavich's debut, even with a relatively staid talking head format, proves giddily inspirational for a story about a failure.

In comparison with slicker recent screen versions, Mr. Holmes initially comes off as laughably staid and old - fashioned, and something more suited to a Sunday evening TV slot than the big screen, but there is a depth and wisdom to be found behind the film's doddery façade for the patient viewer.

The B - Class has been one of Mercedes - Benz's top sellers even if the design was, to be polite, staid.

I even love the E-Hybrid-specific acid green accents on the car's badges and brake calipers, especially against the decidedly staid volcano gray of this test car.

Jaguar's new XE sedan is an exciting new option for buyers, one that's more emotional and even sensual, compared to the staid offerings from Germany.

Jaguar's first XF was a dramatic set - up from the staid, retro - look S - TYPE it replaced eight years ago, bringing a fresh, modern and unique design and even better chassis and engine performance.

I bought my 2015 fiat 500 pop six months ago from Car Pros Fiat of Renton, that's when my troubles started... at the first rain I found out that my car has a leak, car did not have even 500 miles when I took it to get serviced, in staid of giving me a new car they repaired it, and this is only the beginning....

On the other hand, we made tons of money on ordinary companies in staid industries such as banking and even textiles.

It is the type of return we want from a staid company operating in a mature industry; we demand a higher return from such companies to compensate for the risk that earnings may stagnate or even fall in future.

No staid zoo, this huge reserve is perfect for day or week - long hikes to see tropical birds, tapirs and even jaguars in their natural habitat.

But even the life around those places is staid.

Any vestiges of the eponymous staid Swiss city evaporated into the humid evening.

Even the relatively staid IPCC has warned of such a scenario: «The possibility of abrupt climate change and / or abrupt changes in the Earth system triggered by climate change, with potentially catastrophic consequences, can not be ruled out.

The normally staid National Science Foundation issued a press release warning «Release of even a fraction of the methane stored in the shelf could trigger abrupt climate warming.»

I would even go so far as to say that because we are dedicated to the rule of law, we are bound to engage the public using whatever it takes, within reasonable limits, to ensure true respect and heart - felt desires protect what staid traditions have fostered.

Bottom Line: The PowerSpec 1510 gaming laptop offers a compelling combination of affordability and graphics performance, even if it's a bit staid looking.

A little bit of polka dots will work even in a fairly staid interior, as in image 14.