Mohammad Yunus, the unflappably optimistic founder of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, a microfinance institution for which he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, is adamant that business remains unscathed.
A British Army major presides, unflappably, over the various sections.
After the onslaught of "Coloana Infinita," which was originally written for player piano, it looked as if Ullén were going to faint, but he moved on unflappably to the newest pieces in the set: "White on White" (1995), "Pour Irina" (1996-97), and "À Bout de Souffle" (1997).
As Ibrahim, the unflappably upbeat and disastrously unlucky Lebanese immigrant at the center of "The Citizen," the Egyptian actor Khaled Nabawy is invaluable.
And on a recent episode of NBC's "Parks and Recreation," Rob Lowe's unflappably positive character exclaimed "OMG" from the backseat of a car moments before the driver decided to drown him out with banjo music.
It was not the onstage presence of the writer and choreographer Emily Johnson, who passed cryptic notes meant to incite changes of gesture, action or mood among the performers; nor that of the ceramist Paula Greif, who spun clay pots unflappably with an associate throughout the show's ebb and flow.
After she dies, about halfway into the movie, the chorus's unflappably chipper young director, Elizabeth (Gemma Arterton), coaxes Arthur to join and participate in a regional choir competition.
On a walk to the Morris-Jumel Mansion, a nearby historic site, Ms. Klam unflappably held fast to three leashes in one hand as Beatrice, her antisocial Boston terrier ("She thinks of herself as this fancy well-bred dog") and Beatrice's adopted mixed-breed siblings, Wisteria and Fiorello ("and then these two stupid mutts came into her life") lurched along.
Unflappably chipper with a bright vocal sound, Ms. Scott, who is pretty and perky, is just two steps away from a stereotypical "dumb blonde".
He also spoke frankly of the popular characterization that he is unflappably calm, and of the role that faith has played in moments of frustration.
The cast members all handle multiple roles unflappably yet with urgency, giving numerous characters colorings of their own.
