Word: grins
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Recalls Penelope Gilliatt (hard g as in grin): "He sensed something perilous in the air even then." The hair and skin are the same hue that used to transport Titian, and she has never married a Hungarian of any kind. But as for the "something perilous"-well, Conner's trepidations were founded...
...highly unlikely that a presidential aide would risk his position by outlining Administration attitudes on such a sensitive matter if he did not believe that Nixon wanted it done. When Burns was sworn into office in 1970, Nixon noted the legal independence of his position, but added with a grin: "I hope that, independently, he will conclude that my views are the ones that should be followed." Burns' failure to do so-he is even less likely to change his course under fire-obviously must irritate Nixon. He seems to feel that Burns' attitude is psychologically damaging...
...share a room, but their relationship is almost puritanically free of any Nabokovian decadence. Addie's speech, however, is vulgar, pungent country talk, which adds greatly to the book's easygoing charm. Looking at Long Boy with his floozy, she observes that "he got that silly, dazed grin like a torn cat being choked to death with cream." Like that extravagant expression, the book is a long, tall, oldtime tale. But as Addie might put it, in the right hands that kind of yarn has a lot of prance left...
GABRIEL himself might have envied his heaven-splitting, jubilant sound. His glossy face and keyboard-size grin were a national treasure-and a welcome sight in homes that would not dream of entertaining any other member of his race. He was a musical genius, a remarkable technician of the trumpet who went on to even wider fame as a singer. The fact that his voice sounded exactly like a wheelbarrow crunching its way up a gravel driveway made no difference at all. Legends don't need voices...
...seasons since, swaggering down the fairways, wearing gaudy red socks and a grin as wide as the Rio Grande, Trevino has captured the fancy of the fans?and the purses of the Professional Golfers' Association. Since that first U.S. Open triumph, he has won more money ($597,461) and finished among the top ten in more tournaments (79) than any other golfer on the tour. With official P.G.A. earnings of $196,000 so far this season?the $13,200 he won in the British Open is not included in P.G.A. money rankings?he is a cinch to break Billy Casper...