ATMOSPHERE: American bistro food in a casually elegant dining room.
He wore a leather-wrapped pony tail, his legs jutted out in a casually defiant manner on his bike's forward-mounted foot pegs.
Others are seasoned fighters of American Indians, and nearly all of them speak in a casually racist idiom that serves less to demonize them than to pin them to their historical context.
"Isn't this the New York apartment you always hoped you'd one day have?" a guest next to me swooned, as Donald Antrim, in a casually unbuttoned shirt and summer suit, took the seat at center stage.
Since the 1970s, this triumvirate has been accused of "dominating and distorting British fiction," Mr. Rushdie boasted, after strolling onstage in a casually clubbable blue blazer, khakis and clean white tennis shoes.
At the Magic Pan, 5034 Doniphan Drive in La Pacita Santa Fe, an antiques and artisan center, (915) 581-2121, meals are served in a casually elegant space, with a pretty patio, an arbor and fountains.
Even when the dialogue sounds sharper, more obviously pointed, as in a casually sexist conversation between Isa and his office mate, its thematic importance tends to sneak in after the fact.
There has been progress; broadcasters and hosts no longer routinely refer to women, whether athletes or fans, in a casually sexist way (and, when they do, they are usually swiftly condemned).
