Word: butt
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...instance: Don't take every opportunity to kiss your own butt, even at risk of exploiting a tragedy. Tom Cruise began the evening with the somber, mandatory post-Sept.-11 apology for holding a celebration. After the events of 9/11, the former Mr. Kidman asked, wasn't an acting awards show frivolous? "Should we celebrate the joy and magic the movies bring?" Shockingly, the answer was yes. "Dare I say it? More than ever. A small scene, a gesture, even a glance between characters can cross lines, break through barriers, melt prejudice or just plain make us laugh...
...somewhere in the middle of this it occurred to me: Pete’s my age and I’m sitting on my butt watching TV and eating Tostitos. My childhood dreams of basketball superstardom will never come true. I’d had a similar insight while watching the Little League World Series at 16. Once I hit 40, I’ll probably realize that even a future with the ever-graying New York Knicks is out of the question...
...idea of taking a picture of some random woman’s butt saran-wrapped in pink spandex and labeling it a “don’t” on a page called “panty lines and huge wedgies” is a bit mean. But the person in the wrong is spared total shame because of those little Zorro-like, sunglasses-sized black bars that go across her eyes...
...Suck, tuck and walk. That’s what they always told us. Suck in your stomach, tuck in your butt and keep your shoulders back when you walk.” (Poage...
...Connections, not cash, will allow Tom.com to butt heads with much bigger rivals. Li's principal advantage is his ability to make nice with the Chinese government in ways that AOL Time Warner and News Corp., purveyors of Western programming and news that does not match Beijing's worldview, cannot. Li will never slip up as Murdoch, the News Corp. chairman, did in 1993 when he declared in a speech that foreign media have the power to topple totalitarian regimes everywhere?a statement that got him temporarily banned from conducting business in China. Conversely, Li's easy rapport with Beijing...