And if some of the actors are still green, Mr. Jones and Mr. Jackson are remarkably assured, both talents to watch.

Though a young voice, it is already remarkably assured, and many of Cohen's continuing obsessions (love, power, religion, poetry) are already clearly evident.

It was fresh, funny, a remarkably assured first-time feature.

The veteran tenor Nicolai Gedda sounds remarkably assured in the important secondary role of the Blind Judge.

Publishers Weekly gives the book its only upbeat review, praising the narrator's "compelling voice" and calling the author "remarkably assured."

Praise for Quintin Jardines Bob Skinner novels: Remarkably assured.

And, oh yes, the orchestra sounded great, just as it had the day before in remarkably assured first rehearsals of those teeming, difficult and innovative pieces.

The focus of all this excitement has a remarkably assured and warm personality.

The songs he sings on his remarkably assured, beguiling debut album, "Rufus Wainwright," have their sharp points.

Though they are only talented amateurs at design, they are remarkably assured and original.