Word: grin
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...over the net,” he recalls. “I didn’t smile. I was trying to act like I’d been there before, so I didn’t smile till I got to third base and Coach Walsh had this big grin on his face.”Even the team’s typical power guys were awed by the 5’9 Jenkins’ moonshot.“He takes a mighty cut and when he gets it, he gets it,” says senior right fielder...
Emerging from the driver's seat of a new Nissan GT-R at the Tokyo Motor Show last fall, CEO Carlos Ghosn flashed a wry grin and a custom-made Louis Vuitton suit. Ghosn's sharp look--a departure from his usual boardroom standard issue--suggested a calculated step up for Japan's No. 3 automaker. The GT-R--part luxury vehicle, part sports car--is Nissan's bid to compete head on with Ferrari and Porsche. For a company that has built its brand on the 3.6 million reliable midrange vehicles it produces every year, that is no small...
...promotion],” said James D. Burton, Chipotle’s manager. But he still had high hopes for the giveaway. “I’m hoping to get the entirety of Harvard Square fed,” he said with a grin. “I want every other restaurant to shut down because they can’t handle it.” To fight the rain, Chipotle staff handed out large Harvard umbrellas to many of the soaked burrito-waiters. Staff also brought around boxes of dozens of burritos and drinks periodically throughout...
...Manhattan.“And this very nice guy, the brilliant dialect coach, said, ‘Hey Matty! Here’s John! Helped us on the Latin!’” Schafer said.He continued, “[Damon] smiled a huge grin at me and said, ‘Thank you.’ And I tried not to feel goofy standing next to this Adonis—while [Robert] DeNiro walks up and down this room scowling at people in the aisles, with a bad haircut and slummy-looking clothes.”Although Schafer...
...Thursday was a different matter. In the wake of a scandalous New York Times story suggesting a romantic fling with a lobbyist, McCain arrived at a Ford Focus car assembly plant with a decidedly tense grin plastered across his face. His campaign staff promptly separated anyone with a pen or a tape recorder from the candidate. "The McCain campaign decided who they wanted on the tour, and it's only photographers," a nice lady from Ford announced after a reporter spotted the candidate behind a car chassis and tried to approach...