Word: hinting
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...most interesting feature of these groups, I think, is one that also offers a hint at why they’re spreading so quickly: it’s what they do for us. Social networks appeal to our deep-rooted desire for belonging. They allow us to seek out people who are like we are and in doing so make the world, which appears bigger and bigger every day, a bit more manageable. We’re able to find out that there are Yankee fans in Boston (and Red Sox fans in New York, lest I be mugged...
Acoustic guitars soon appeared around the Harvard students, and hippies with copious amounts of facial hair banged on makeshift drums made of buckets. A hint of marijuana flavored...
...First, my words were a technical violation of a long-standing protocol: A diplomat friend tells me that while it is appropriate to say, "All options should remain on the table," the direct mention of nukes - especially any hint of the first use of nukes - is, as Stephanopoulos correctly said, "crossing a line." If George had asked, "What about nukes?" the diplomatic protocol would have been to tapdance: "I can't imagine ever having to use nuclear weapons," or some such, leaving the nuclear door open, but never saying so specifically. In truth, I was trying to make the same...
...Such spats would be comical if they did not hint at a worrying lack of understanding on both sides. This defining feature of the relationship was clearly in evidence in late March when U.S. Senators Charles Schumer, Lindsey Graham and Tom Coburn visited Beijing. Schumer and Graham are co-sponsoring a bill - now delayed until the fall - that threatens to slap a 27.5% tariff on Chinese imports to the U.S. unless Beijing allows the Chinese currency to rise sharply, a move the senators believe would help cut America's trade deficit. Chinese businessman Liu Weiping attended a talk given...
...President's schedule gives a hint: For much of the morning, the President will be in Sterling, Va., touring Europa Stone Distributors, Inc., and holding a "Roundtable on Taxes and the Economy." That promises to be a staid respite from what could be a raucous day back home...