The 67-year-old Mr Obeid's gruff, jowly and sunken-eyed persona projects an image of stolidity rather than dynamism. |
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His empire is now hollowed out and vacant as the once ornate bank that epitomised confidence, stolidity and trust in the Irish banking sector. |
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That contrast between flashy inspiration and stolidity may now apply to the world's big central banks. |
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The perpetrators' faces had the fleshy stolidity of candlewax. |
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Her independence of mind has never had a chance to flourish, and she beautifully portrays her tentative nature with a mixture of stolidity and veiled wit. |
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This might be taken for stolidity by the unobservant or self-involved. |
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Performance-related pay, introduced in the 1990s, means the hierarchy is slightly less rigid than in the 19th century, when Bismarck complained about the stolidity of German officials. |
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As Britain's finances spiraled downward and the nation found itself suppliant to the International Monetary Fund, the seeming stolidity of 1970s London concealed various, often deeply opposed, radical trends. |
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