Speaking after the ballot on Wednesday night, a composed Gillard said she was proud of her achievements in what "has not been an easy environment to work in" because of the minority parliament, the internal Labor divisions and the Coalition's fierce anti-carbon tax campaign.
In a letter to Pope John XXII – composed in Latin, naturally – the noblemen of Scotland declared that as long as they remained alive "never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule".
They're freezing again and the Czech Republic are the more composed side.
First, an elegant en pointe sashay through a bemused defence was crowned with a composed, artful finish – "what a good goal", said the commentator – and then a beautifully placed left-foot blast was deposited into the far corner from outside the box - "what a good goal", said the commentator.
Features is my favourite strand of radio, and there have been some crackers this year, most notably Heel, Toe, Step Together (December, Radio 4), a tenderly composed programme about an unlikely dancing friendship.
Their emotion was visible on their faces when they walked on stage after Romney finished his remarks, which Romney had hastily composed, knowing he had to say something.
Hospitals are staffed at ward level, composed of individual patients with different and often changing needs.
In the run up to announcing a legislative programme entirely composed of the sort of things the Sheriff of Nottingham would yell at villagers as threats, he had everybody talking about foxes.
At the opposite extreme of England, another mysterious phenomenon is about to appear around the West Country coast: a floating island, a mini-geography that is desolate and unfamiliar, composed of rock and moraine from the Arctic.
Her unique signature style, composed of hand-printed texts and images arranged across backgrounds that shifted from the off-white tonalities of the paper or wall surface to vibrantly coloured and contrasting hues, created visual scenarios that incorporated the body in pain to dance as a symbolic image of freedom and choice.
Maybe it was the lack of accumulated scar tissue that helped Gary Ballance look the most composed member of England's top five on his Test debut.
