Word: banteringly
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...side like guards on the bridge over the castle's moat. There's something else, though, something looming thunderously in the background. Getting closer and closer, the thunder inside these castle-guards becomes more apparent. Thumping hip-hop beats; free-flowing beer from the tap; inebriated and unabashed social banter and excitement. It's college nightlife at its best. It's "The Street" in full swing. It's Princeton on a Saturday night...
...side like guards on the bridge over the castle's moat. There's something else, though, something looming thunderously in the background. Getting closer and closer, the thunder inside these castle-guards becomes more apparent. Thumping hip-hop beats; free-flowing beer from the tap; inebriated and unabashed social banter and excitement. It's college nightlife at its best. It's "The Street" in full swing. It's Princeton on a Saturday night...
...Says You! you will hear real or bluff definitions of such words as trank, chelp, and fubsy. You'll ponder this riddle: "Why is the third hand on a clock called the second hand?" But the abiding fun is in the college bull-session informality of the players' banter. Most of them are wizards of the Boston media, and they enjoy one another's wit almost as much as they enjoy cutting in with a bon mot of their own. It's an invigorating workout just to keep up with them, and Sher presides with the indulgence of a genial...
...beyond the banter, Jiang was ready to respond to America's complaints. He said he understood the value of a free press "so long as the media does not distort the facts." While professing close relations with President Clinton, he expressed frustration with the squabbling over China policy that divides much of Washington. He complained that America wants to sell China products it doesn't need while restricting sales of some things it wants to buy. "If you sell us high-technology products, we will pay you royalties," he said, but warned that if we refuse to sell such products...
There is an advising network among dorm crew workers, but also in the friendly banter between workers and residents of the suites they're cleaning...