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  • r  without emotion; in a stoic manner
    he stoically accepted all suffering

  • Lay took the news of his guilt on all six counts of fraud and conspiracy stoically Thursday, sitting with his family, not with his attorneys.
  • Nightly at the Corso, the city's largest music hall, a 35-year-old Dutchman named Mirin Dajo stood stoically while an assistant seemed to push swords and spears through his chest.
  • Cooper was stoically diplomatic: "There's honor in obeying an order backed by the Supreme Court.
News & Articles

  • Greek Prime Minister Folds, Will Restart Public Broadcaster
    Greece took year after year after year of Troika punishment stoically, if with the occasional tear gas-puncutated celebration of 60%+ youth unemployment. But when it came to taking away the free, public TV... Well, as we predicted: You may take away the Greek pensions, but you will never take away their TV — zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 12, 2013 So it would be: Greek Prime Minister Samaras offers ...
    June 17, 2013 - Zero Hedge
  • Rattlers focus on building school spirit
    By St. Clair Murraine | Democrat staff writer | @boxingbuff on Twitter -- During his recent State of the University Address at the FAMU National Alumni Association conference, interim president Larry Robinson stoically made his points when he talked about ways to increase enrollment and coping with budget cuts.
    June 15, 2013 - Tallahassee Democrat
  • The State Of Macro In 17 Simple Charts
    With the US macro surprise index having hit 10-month lows - and now among the dirtiest of dirty shirts of world economic regions (thanks to the over-optimistic expectations) - we thought it useful to reflect somewhat stoically on the reality of the macro-economic environment that we are told day after day is doing so well in the US...     As Barclays notes, Several indicators point to a slowdown ...
    June 11, 2013 - Zero Hedge
Quotes

  • Jim Zorn in WarpathInsiders.com
    A lot of quarterbacking is change of direction,Zorn said. "You might have to throw on the move inside the pocket. It's not standing there stoically waiting for somebody to come open. It's getting back, getting forward and once you step...
  • Sally Quinn in Media Matters for America
    Summary: In a report on "powerful men who cheat and the women who stand stoically by them," CBS News' Nancy Cordes aired a clip of The Washington Post's Sally Quinn saying, "I can only think that ambition, their own personal ambition, is part...
  • Trevor Manuel in Mail & Guardian Online
    In his mid-term policy statement in October, Manuel said he had been "stoically resistant of any electioneering budget", despite shifting back to a deficit while pledging to spend towards cutting poverty.

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