Word: grins
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...grandparents Doug and Jackie attest to a softer, kindlier side to Drew. He was a trumpet player in the school band. "He couldn't wait for concerts," says Doug. "He'd get a grin and look straight out to us and give a thumbs up." And many mornings Drew would get dropped off by his parents at their home to chat and sip hot chocolate while he waited for the bus. Just days before the incident at Westside Middle School, Jackie says he was on his best behavior, accompanying her to the hair salon and earning plaudits for his demeanor...
...Francisco. "Today we do almost everything Merrill Lynch does," he says. "We compete with them in investment banking and the brokerage business." Would he like to own Merrill? "We could," he replies, "but it's not for sale, and we are not interested." Then he adds with an alligator grin, "But nothing is forever...
...door bangs open, and Yo-Yo Ma blows into the hotel room with a cheerful, disarming grin and a loud "Ta-daa!" As an entrance, it is both worthy of a superstar and, in its self-aware over-the-topness, a commentary on the absurdity of being a superstar in the first place. Heeeeeere's Yo-Yo Ma, the postmodern virtuoso! Lugging his cello and dressed in formal attire for a just completed photo shoot--tight scheduling is one of the defining characteristics of his day-in, day-out existence--he takes off his jacket and asks the two journalists...
WILL WINTitanic. The farce will happen. Grin and bear...
Alice, her amiable grin and firm stance persuading Shorey to return to his post at the bank, is also eager and faintly amused to talk to a reporter scribbling down everything she says...