Washington, rather quietly, has steadied itself, relying on the legs of Stephen Davis (a league-leading 802 yards rushing) and the leadership of quarterback Brad Johnson.
Grade, however, is not one to be parted easily from his marbles and his first year at ITV has been one of steady, quietly impressive restoration: of many things - confidence, most importantly.
The store, which was tucked into a second-floor loft space on Murray Street between Broadway and Church Street, quietly maintained a steady stream of male customers like bankers, lawyers and judges who wanted a certain level of personalized service, and communicated with them only by direct mail and word of mouth.
One of the network's solid performers, "The Middle" has held steady, quietly nabbing a fifth season.
Big, steady Dave Merrill quietly absorbed the almost physical shock, then began worrying if the revelation would divide the team.
"Freedom isn't worth this," said a woman quietly, peering out through the steady rain at refugee children jumping over puddles in the Lebanese border town of Arsal.
On the ground, however, Palestinian health and education officials, working with foreign donors and international organizations, quietly support family planning through a steady expansion of clinics and community outreach services.
While I had done my loud, angry, sobbing cries over the previous months back in Chicago, sitting in Seattle on that night, a slow and steady stream of tears quietly made their way down my cheek.
Most of STEREOLAB's long career has unfolded like its music: serene and steady-pulsing, cerebral and debonair, quietly assured and inwardly strange.
"But it's a worthwhile one, as Berliner crafts a quietly touching and illuminating memento mori from the steady dying of an intellectual light".
