Word: exclaims
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...history, Wheel of Fortune. As usual, his involvement with the show was total; friends used to tell of being at dinner parties with Merv, where he'd stop the conversation whenever he heard a particular clich? or bon mot - another hidden phrase for Wheel of Fortune, he'd exclaim. When he died, he was in the midst of creating a new game show, Crosswords...
...times the population of Mongolia. Ironically, this name was one adopted by my Mongolian ancestors because the nomads traditionally never had family names. If I reveal that I am a quarter Mongolian, the change is instantaneous. Their faces break into a smile of relief, and they happily exclaim, “Yes! I could see it in your cheekbones/eyes/height! You’re unmistakably Mongolian...
...crucible of randomness. Though for the Faculty, this is real, damn it, and not some merely contrived artifice. And now, by way of these professors’ new Curricular Review, comes the watchword “internationalization.” (The professoriate might as well giddily exclaim, “Radicalize the Revolution...
...first answer to eachof this book's questions is facetious. Why do snails carry houses on their backs? Because they love to go camping. No! exclaim Olten's gallery of youngsters, rendered in a variety of amusing tones and 'tudes. The following page provides the real answer. Little readers joining in on the repeated joke will hardly notice how much they're learning. Watch out for the final question: the funny answer is also the real...
...again two nights ago, when a relative visiting from the provincial town of Maragheh (385 miles northwest of Tehran) praised me for planning a vaginal delivery. "Most women these days just aren't willing," he said wistfully. Usually, I'm reluctant to admit my decision, as people tend to exclaim "how interesting!" with faux cheer for my medieval birthing plans. My friends cannot resist trying to convince me to get sliced open. They cheerfully tug up their shirts, and flash me their discreet little scars, always pointing out how they fall under the bikini line...