"Poise: the ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously."

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"I'd like to run for office someday, but I'm afraid my ability to spell might give me an unfair advantage."

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"The United Nations has long sought the ability to raise revenues in this manner as a means of reducing its reliance on American and other member nations' dues to sustain the UN's operations."

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