Word: afterthought
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...Saturday Evening Post?' he would have thought of me as some kind of gossip and wouldn't have talked. But after an hour he felt comfortable. He regarded me as his friend. And he said, 'Of course I'll tell you why I'm suing them, David....'" As an afterthought Susskind added; "It's like the seduction of a woman...
...didn't. Irreverently, he snapped off two stiff lefts, spun Cassius around, and landed a thumping afterthought on the back of his head. Angry now, Cassius retaliated, exhausting his repertory in a flurry of incredibly swift punches that were enough to win him the round but not immortality. The boos followed him back to his corner...
...roadbed. Even Premier Nikita Khrushchev had his driver take him out for a run around the circuit in his sleek Chaika limousine. Acknowledging the cheers of bystanders, Khrushchev paused to congratulate officials, urged them to put up some restaurants and motels along the way. And, suggested Khrushchev in an afterthought, next time they build a highway, a little more attention might be paid to the quality of the surface...
...snubby nose of the broad-winged aircraft looked as if it had been flattened against the white cliffs of Dover. The propeller sprouted out of its tail like a designer's afterthought. In the cabin, the pilot rode a first cousin to a bicycle, and he was pedaling furiously. A covey of anxious friends checked his progress...
...million a year to Jamaica. While Manley had conducted a mild flirtation with the Soviet bloc, Busta was now looking steadfastly West. "There will be no neutrality from this day on," he announced. "I will go to the U.S. shortly to make a mutual defense treaty." As an afterthought, the Chief delightedly noted: "The Kremlin has not sent congratulations to me-and they damn well wouldn...