Word: jabbing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Thornton would be teaching a class on masculinity—while he may not have Brad Pitt’s looks, let’s not forget that he was banging Angelina Jolie for a few years. His curt response to Roger about pursuing Amanda is even a possible jab at his former wife—“it’s not like you were getting ready to adopt a Chinese baby together.” And this is just one of the numerous examples that exemplify Thornton’s penchant for dry, but funny, deliveries. Next...
...Thursday, Aug. 31, Gov. W. Mitt Romney took his latest jab at Harvard’s stem cells program, calling it “Orwellian in scope” and akin to the movie “The Matrix...
...reserved, wintry performance. When they were about to take a break and Couric joked that he had a country to run, he offered, "I've got more than one thing to do on a regular basis, on a daily basis." But this time he did not jab his finger...
...terror and her “forthright/outspoken/direct” manner, not her ability to channel country-girl paradigms by dressing in pink on rare occasions. Clinton cannot alienate already wary voters—including many suburban women—with comments like 1992’s jab at mothers who make “cookies and tea.” But the fear of losing support from those women should not make Clinton run from her “First Lady Macbeth” image, crystallized by the New York Times’ Michael Kelly and Maureen Dowd...
...While other influential regional players like Saudi Arabia have tried to ease tensions by calling on Hizballah to show restraint, Ahmadinejad's comments have been aimed at raising the temperature. "Those who keep silent are complicit in the Zionist regime's barbarism," he said in a public speech, a jab at the refusal of Arab leaders to cheer on Hizballah. In an address the next day, he said: "The Zionist regime's assault on Lebanon is a violation against the people of the whole region...