The group played it, like the rest of the pieces in this interesting if unremitting concert, with relaxed but focused poise.
I was intent on staying focused and poised".
Don't even start: the simple truth is that Serena was too focused, too poised, too good.
It was one of several awkward moments, the most serious of which came after he acknowledged that another e-mail indicating Paulson would benefit from an increase in value of the portfolio was "not accurate".Still, for most of the trial, Mr Tourre was focused and poised, never seeming to lose his concentration and his calm.
"But for me I'm just really focused and poised right now.
They're efficient, focused, and poised; just absolute crap when it comes to communicating.
Poised, focused and bright, with a 4.0 grade-point average and impeccable manners, he is a student of Nascar.
Though Ms. Chappelle, poised, focused and rarely off message, navigates the many demands of her job with seeming ease, this is her first major campaign.
His piece began: "The psychological journey of Andy Murray from a petulant, angst-ridden teenager, unable to control his emotions in the heat of battle, to a poised, focused winning machine has been one of the most revelatory in sport".
In fact, in his first major appearance on a political stage, the wealthy Louisville businessman -- a native of New Hampshire who moved to Kentucky in the late 1990s -- was poised, focused, and more than a little savvy about what he's up against when he faces McConnell in the GOP Senate primary next spring.
In their focus, poise and steely determination, she and Salmond remind me of what Günter Grass, who died last week, had to say about true political commitment in The Tin Drum.
