Word: bantering
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...various units sit in green leather chairs around Giuliani's desk, which resembles a display counter in a second-hand store selling Yankee memorabilia. Giuliani, his presidential-seal cuff links gleaming, his manner radiating enthusiasm, listens to each of their reports. The mood is one of seriousness seasoned by banter. At one recent session, the corruption-unit chief tells him that the state is thinking of bringing an indictment in a case that the Southern District has been investigating. "I think they should back off," says Giuliani firmly. The head of the general-crimes unit mentions two cases involving drug...
There is also a whiff of scandal involving some of Moscow's better-known bathhouses, traditional Russian meeting places for relaxation and banter. In a country where the private lives of important people are almost never discussed, there are rumors that several bathhouses were used by officials for after-hours orgies...
Naturally, intellectual banter also finds its place among the authors of Harvard's least conventional writings...
When asked why Collins learned of his award in idle dining hall banter rather than from the award's sponsors. GTE and the Sports Information Directors of America, Frank Cicero. Harvard's assistant sports information director, said that Collins will be notified officially when the nationwide team is selected from the regional squads...
...position. The GPC (general purpose computer) went down. Fire broke out in the APB (aft payload bay). Mission Commander Larry Cerier of Chicago and Pilot Bill Parker of Friendswood, Texas, worked out the problems coolly. The right stuff. They even got a little cocky. They began to try out banter over the radio in the style of deadpan macho that astronauts affect. When the fire started, Parker took emergency steps (activating switches to spray the area with a chemical fire retardant) and offered a nonchalant little witticism: "Uh, that's a roger, Houston . . . We have standby marshmallows on board...