Word: grins
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...know Prince Charles. Long-serving apprentice to the British throne; sidles through walkabouts with an anxious grin; royally messed up his marriage to Diana; lives high off the British taxpayer while he rails against modern architecture; talks to his plants. Ineffectual, eccentric, emotionally stunted. Oh, and maybe he'll step aside to let his dreamboat son William become the next King? Charles, who says he is "one of those people who feel very strongly and deeply about things," strongly and deeply resents that image and the newspapers who promote it. His staff is laboring to change it. An important front...
...first thing I notice about Anthony J. Fingleton ’67 when we’re introducing ourselves in the pre-interview rites—aside from his loud, red floral tie and Aussie accent—is his grin...
It’s a broad and genuine one, the kind of grin that shows every single tooth. As he speaks, his face flashes with expression, his hands constantly churn the air in gesticulation, and there’s no chance for me to get in a word edgewise, or even really ask any questions. Take into account his ruddy cheeks, and the 65-year-old Australian comes across as an overgrown little...
...interview that Tony pauses and the grin is back. He laughs at himself for what has been, essentially, a lengthy monologue, and asks me if I have any other questions. He has answered everything I might want to know...
First comes the shy admission—“I’m attending a recruiting event”—invariably followed by a shuffling of the feet. Then arrives the reticent grin, and finally a laugh, usually too loud. After that, the inevitable attempt at penance...