Word: expressions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Well, as Maynard's therapist asked his beleaguered client: "Where is the lesson in all this?" First of all, if you covet your privacy, never commit anything to writing. If you absolutely must express something to a lover, wife or husband, I recommend the Gambino-family-style "walk and talk." Stroll outside with your interlocutor, covering your mouth with your hand as you converse. Make your conversation as vague as possible, and pepper it with inaudible remarks and gross expletives. Here is an example of a man using this technique to break up with his girlfriend...
...with the search committee in Cambridge last week and called the one-day interview a "great time to sit with the committee and express my ideas...
...with the search committee in Cambridge last week and called the one-day interview a "great time to sit with the committee and express my ideas...
...then Davila spoke, in Spanish, then in English, thanking the throng for turning the place of Atkinson's death into sacred ground. State senator Joe Eddie Lopez followed him, asking Davila to tell his officers "that we love the work that you do, that we are slow to express it as much as we should, but that the safety of our children and our families rests in your hands...
...this would change if a group of Undergraduate Council representatives have their way. A new bill would have the council express its support for bringing the program back to campus. We hope the council defeats the bill...