Word: hamming
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...horrible things that are happening to me. "Mommy, there's a big shark on your butt," is a common variation. "Your hair is on fire," is another. I am almost entirely to blame for these implausibilities since I can't help reacting with a generous serving of ham, twisting wildly to see my rear end or banging my head to put out the conflagration. My son gets to say, "Tricked you!" He's happy, I'm happy; we continue driving, until he says the exact same thing one minute later. Before long my reaction grows muted and shortly after that...
...Harrods experience," says Johnston. Two: the opportunities for cross-promotion are plentiful. "We are doing a special promotion of foods from the Languedoc region in France, so I plan to put some of the cheeses on the menu at the Bar Fromage and offer sandwiches showcasing the ham in Harrods Famous Deli," says Johnston...
...will always be around, in other media, under other names: Rush Limbaugh on the radio, Bill O'Reilly on TV. The toadies and connivers and suckers and ham-handed cops are still out in force. And Sidney: well, there's a little Sidney in all of us, or there should be - just a little. We need that goading inner voice to put some hustle in us, make us smell success, look for the side street to advancement, scream in recriminating rage. We need to be our own press agents. And if we aren't quite up for or down...
...than the credit-card companies or the Internet fraudsters, who have just as much data if not more. (Two years ago, for a TIME article, I ordered dinner for 30 entirely online, and I am still plagued by vendors who know I like my wine French and my ham honey-baked...
...than the credit-card companies or the Internet fraudsters, who have just as much data if not more. (Two years ago, for a TIME article, I ordered dinner for 30 entirely online, and I am still plagued by vendors who know I like my wine French and my ham honey-baked...