Word: grins
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Instead, Saddam continues to smile that crooked grin from his Baghdad bunker. Fate intervened on his behalf, and, for now, he is safe. For months Washington had been plotting an invasion of Iraq to remove Saddam from power. Just a few weeks ago, preparations were well underway: Vice President Dick Cheney was on a Middle East tour, shoring up support for the imminent attack; Washington had resumed funding of Iraqi opposition groups; and President Bush had all but declared war on Iraq in his January State of the Union address...
...then there is the photo from the Golden Globes just seven years ago - onstage hugging Cybil Shepherd. His head buried in her bosom. And a grin all over his face...
...problem, I think, lies in these movies’ powerful temptation to self-mythologize. It’s one thing to occasionally saturate your field of dreams in rosy gold light, but quite another to have your hero constantly turn his eyes heavenward and flash a grin, even when he’s alone. Forget manipulation; these films, quite effortlessly, can make an audience feel violated...
...Falco, let it be said at once, is a man of 40 faces, not one - none too pretty, and all deceptive. You see that grin? That's the, eh, that's the Charming Street Urchin face. It's part of his helpless act: he throws himself upon your mercy. He's got a half-dozen faces for the ladies. But the one I like, the really cute one [and here J.J.s voice grows flintier], is the quick, dependable chap. Nothing he won't do for you in a pinch - so he says. Mr. Falco, whom I did not invite...
...casino by Lake Tahoe last month, he changed about half the material from one night to the next. The Chicago show last week was about one-third new material again. This is the most exhausting way to do comedy. Yet unlike those comedians who can barely muster a grin when not onstage, Williams never seems to be down; the performance never ends. His energy levels are prodigious. When he goes cycling, it's for 50 or 60 miles. Lance Armstrong is a cycling partner...