Word: impromptu
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altitude, the Maximum Leader signaled a time-out - but not a long one. Mo ments later, he was back on the court, this time gaily leading a startled team mate around in an impromptu waltz...
...crowd of about 500 people included many Chinese students, as Lin acknowledged by beginning his speech in Chinese. According to an impromptu translation, he wished for "a newer level of understanding between the Chinese and American peoples...
...press conference after the collapse of the Paris summit seemed to reveal either a man whose emotions were temporarily out of control or perhaps an actor at the height of his powers. On one memorable occasion in Yugoslavia, he rolled in the dust of a rural roadside in an impromptu wrestling match with Georgy Malenkov. During his 1960 visit to the United Nations, he called ceremoniously on Fidel Castro at his hotel in Harlem, and conducted a flamboyant press conference from the balcony of the Soviet embassy on Park Avenue...
...Guests were pushed against a wall and shot by impromptu firing squads. The King's brother, Prince Moulay Abdullah, was hit in the arm during one such volley, then left by his would-be executioners when he fell and played dead. But it became evident that the King was meant to be spared. At one point cadets burst into his sanctuary and ordered him outside with the other surviving guests. A young soldier, nervously fingering the trigger of his rifle, took Hassan aside Alone, he kissed the King's hand. Hassan was astounded. "We are cadets...
...Lema, Daiquiri Doug Sanders. None of them, though, ever had Trevino's mix of fun and finesse?or his earthy, egalitarian appeal. A country-club Cantinflas, he will stick his tongue out at an errant shot, coax in a putt with a burlesque-queen bump or break into an impromptu toreador waltz with an attacking bee. Lee's Fleas delight in his wisecracks (Flea: "Nice shot!" Lee: "What did you expect from the U.S. Open champion?ground balls?"). They love his catch phrases ("Black is beautiful, but brown is cute") and his apologies for cussing ("Excuse me, lady, I thought...