Word: fistful
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...were at this ridiculous hour being handed a little pamphlet that described the activities and how much they would cost. A man holding up colorful posters explained that there were two main rules to follow in the Bahamas. Number one, no sleep was allowed. Number two was to "double-fist it." By this he meant that at no time should anyone be carrying less than two drinks in each fist. He assured us that if these two rules were judiciously followed, "at four in the morning, someone is bound to look good...
...interesting philosophical dilemma, testing the umpire's loyalty to action and language, and forcing him to choose between the two. Although actions may speak louder than words, the action is always more easily transformed than the word. Remember, you can always take your waving hand and make a fist out of it. To say "ou--safe" is far less credible...
...blew up, got red in the face, threw the magazine down on his desk, ranted about how we were out to destroy him, then marched around his desk and shook his fist in my face. "People remember other people for one thing," he ranted on. "They remember Calvin Coolidge for wearing an Indian headdress. They remember Arthur Godfrey for buzzing the tower at Teterboro Airport. They will remember me for posing for a clothing magazine...
...Hooper's Hooch. An alcoholic lemonade drink with a no-nonsense name, the Hooch has launched a full-assault media blitz worthy of Stalinist propaganda campaign. The company advertisement--a lemon-man grinning a broad, Jack Nicholson-esque grin as he clutches a bottle of Hooch in his leafy fist--is plastered onto the walls of every subway car in motion. Bottles of Hooch can not only be found behind nearly every bar in Moscow but, more frighteningly, at most hot dog stands and fast food kiosks, right along-side Coke, Sprite and water...
...civilians are a statewide sensation that helps pay for Joe's volunteer posse of 3,000, some of whom carry guns. But hey, Italians have been good thinkers going back to Michelangelo, haven't they? And, by God, "the tradition continues!" Joe bellows at the sausage feed, a fist thrust into the air. And then he lets the applause blow him out the door and into the rain...