Microsoft is dependable, familiar, solid.
The best commutes were in cities with short, dependable treks to the office, where fellow commuters efficiently use transit options to reduce congestion.
For James Chapman, the songwriter who records as Maps, his fellow humans are far less dependable than synthesizers, even analog ones.
Maps For James Chapman, the songwriter who records as Maps, his fellow humans are far less dependable than synthesizers, even analog ones.
| The soprano Ruth Ann Swenson, perhaps not the most magnetic singer in the world but still a house favorite, leads the cast of "La Traviata" along with her fellow-Americans Matthew Polenzani (as Alfredo) and Dwayne Croft (as Germont); the dependable Marco Armiliato is in the pit.
Others are like the not-too-bright, affable fellow who always greets you with a smile, a friendly wave and five dependable minutes of conversation about sports and the weather.
While Scotland will always be the national side I support, in spite of our dependable rubbishness, I've always felt the Anyone-But-England tendency among some of my fellow Scots diminishes our status as a self-confident, modern nation.
In the Preface to Edward Kennedy: An Intimate Biography I attempted to memorialize my initial impressions of a fellow student "dismissed mostly around Harvard Square as a rock-jawed goof-off who was dependable mostly on the football field or chugalugging beers with his fellow lightweights at Pi Eta..
Nevertheless, support from fellow autocrats comes with fewer strings attached, and when push comes to shove, autocratic allies are more dependable friends for dictators.
