Word: banters
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...often lasted until 2 a.m. There were pizza and chips, a fridge full of beer, and enough cigars for a smoke-filled room. Obama usually showed up in a baseball cap and sweats. He cadged cigarettes and drank a beer, kept up with the boys'-night-out banter and roared at the off-color stories. When he lost a hand, Obama joked that he couldn't afford gasoline to drive home...
Katie Couric's problem is not her gender; it's that her recent professional experience was light banter and soft stories [May 5]. In its efforts to "tart up" the news, CBS put her in the position of playing to her weaknesses rather than her strengths. The change in her style and appearance made her unfamiliar to fans who might have followed her from the Today show. Stanley Kalemaris, MELVILLE...
...sympathies. In the midst of the adults’ tumultuous drama, Arthur develops a new relationship with his classmate, Lila (Olivia Thirlby, “Juno”). As the older characters become entrenched in a complex web of deception and animosity, Arthur and Lila’s banter is mercifully humorous and lighthearted. Their manner of dealing with the world around them is genuine, beautiful, and adorable—and seems more mature than the coping strategies used by the adults around them. The film relies on scenes of daily life—a man filling...
...Meatloaf American enough to be celebrated? 13) Harvard College Spoken Word Society vs. Corcairdhearg. Good thing it’s about Irish dance, because it certainly cannot be spoken. 14) Born in USSR vs. The Harvard Salient. Anyone associated with communism is a prime target for witty banter and biting rhetoric. 15) Harvard Taekwando vs. Harvard Wushu Club. This would actually just be an awesome fight. — Charleton A. Lamb
...nick the scimitar and replace the case, all without touching the electronically sensitive floor. It's a swell exercise in suspense, and one of Dassin's finest illustrations of men at work, but it doesn't come till 85 mins. into the movie. Most of the rest is airy banter, suggesting that Dassin & Co.had a better time making Topkapi than most people do watching it. Sober...