Word: grinning
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...With a grin, Ramos-Horta goes on to argue that even after 60-odd years of independence from the Dutch, the Indonesians themselves have yet to build a rock-solid nation-state. "Nation-building is a slow, laborious process," he says. "The biggest mistake foreign observers made was thinking that things could be done overnight in East Timor. It will take time, effort and lots of work." Just a year ago, both Ramos-Horta and Gusmão had hinted that they might retire from politics - and give the younger generation a chance to govern. Now, it appears, both aren...
...picture, stripped of caption and context, can be made to mean just about anything anyone wants to it to mean - that's why Sean McCormack, press secretary to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, barred photographers from recording the obligatory grip-and-grin at her meeting last week with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem on the fringes of the Iraqi "neighbor's conference" in Egypt...
...want to have another bet for cake,” he said with a grin, “we?...
...last glamour boy, Oscar De La Hoya, 34, bred tough in East L.A. but now a clean-cut corporate sweetheart whose broad, boyish smile has made millions swoon into his corner. Naturally, his charm has also turned off others who would love a guy like Mayweather to coldcock that grin off his face. De La Hoya, an Olympic gold medalist who has won titles in six weight classes, is the aging underdog. He could be building his burgeoning real estate and publishing careers, but he needs this one last shot to prove he is the best. Or at least...
...would have a conveniently cloaked chance at revenge. I’ve written my fair share about him over the past three years—all in jest, I swear—but because he is an administrator, a responsible adult representing a hallowed institution, he has had to grin and take...