The non-fizzy, non-showy sovereign of 60 years enjoys the solid, increasingly affectionate support of the majority of the population.
Asked about Mr Talat's walkabout, Mr Christofias sniffs that he does not care for showy public relations.
"30 Rock" was not perfect: It sometimes spun its wheels and its writing was often too showy.
Mayors have tried to buy popularity with showy projects, such as new roads, while neglecting routine maintenance and services.
It's not a showy community, but this was a community of families who were not in need of help before.
Although 150-pounders like deerhounds sometimes win, the Garden crowd normally goes for showy 10-pounders like Norfolk and Norwich terriers.
Though bright-red Japanese maples are most recognisable, many other showy trees burst into colour, like the deep golden ginkgo and burnt-orange zelkova trees.
The second is the less trodden, less showy and less glamorous path of changing systems and procedures and depoliticizing the reform process.
Lutnick, his lawyer wife and their 18-month-old son live in Manhattan's showy Trump Palace, where they are served by an English butler.
She was replaced by the less showy but reliable Malin Akerman.
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Soon thereafter he closed the showy Manhattan storefront and the Target kiosks.
His operations were swift without seeming hurried and elegant without seeming showy.
Rutgers, on the verge of a showy entry into the Big Ten Conference, finds itself in yet another college-sports controversy, once more self-inflicted.
In a showy technological display August 2, 2007, a Russian submarine planted an underwater flag 14, 000 feet (4, 200 meters) below the North Pole.
By definition, buzzwords are showy and frankly can come off snob-ish if the person is not familiar with the terms you are using.
His showy populism, unseemly slanging matches with the judiciary and bunga-bunga parties now seem to come from a far-off era in a faraway land.
Yet unlike the vastly more common gardens designed for sun-loving plants daisies and irises and dahlias with their showy flowers shade gardens are a subtler thing.
When a city wins a sports championship, there's a customary civic boost celebrations in the street, showy parades, rallies on the steps of city hall.
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The distinctive yoke-back chair, which stands 8 feet high, seemingly contradicts advice given to homeowners to avoid showy pieces that appeal to certain tastes.
The associations are wild and free, yet nothing feels arbitrary or showy (one thinks of the visionary episodes in silent films rather than of Fellini).
He can encourage his boss to play the veto card for the first time and pick a showy fight with Congress over some pork-stuffed spending bill.
The 19th-century hotel has traditional balconies, showy turrets and opulent interiors.
Saddam's showy return to the faith was perhaps not entirely cynical.
The LA Live complex is now home to a brand new Ritz-Carlton and a JW Marriott, as well as upscale, showy restaurant brands like Wolfgang Puck.
Yet it could be argued that the far less showy Battle of the Atlantic was equally, if not more, important for the eventual outcome of the war.
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Conversely, some flowers, like the showy, fragrant orchid Stanhopea embreei, native to Ecuador, are pollinated only by a single species of bee, in this case Eulaema bomboides.
There's also a slew of color options for the various lights on the mouse, in case the glut of buttons aren't showy enough for your gaming needs.
The showy Saint Laurent rock-n-doll looks should draw the attention of Alexander Wang's cool-kid fans the ones who party all night, or want to look like they do.
It is an unusual lead role in that it requires a circumspect, intelligent persona who is happier out of the limelight, not a brash, showy, scene-grabbing performer.
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