Word: lapped
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...manicurist, when he arrived, was a short, balding man who looked like a taxi driver. Without much small talk, he covered his lap with purple towels and set my feet on top of them. Then he commenced clipping and filing with quiet concentration...
With The Partnership, Ellis has fashioned a taut and anecdote-rich narrative stretched over a sturdy frame of historical context. A longtime consultant to Goldman, he sometimes lets the book lapse into press-releasey hagiography. But for a job well done, Ellis deserves to take a victory lap around Wall Street. You'll surely recognize him; he'll be out there by himself...
Amidst a shower of paper airplanes, a man dressed in a navy lamé suit with a matching top hat honored a group of distinguished scientists for their research relating to the fertility cycle of lap dancers, the moral consideration of plants, and the spontaneous knotting of string. Last night in Sanders Theatre, the unusual met with the academic at the “Eighteenth First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony.” The ceremony—hosted by the scientific humor magazine “Annals of Improbable Research”—bestowed awards...
...cried, for emphasis. “Wide—and smooth—and long.”* * * * *Frederick had spent the last week reading the work of a famous Russian mystic. He would sit in the library, sunk deep in an armchair, with a book open on his lap. Roxana hovered by his chair or knelt at his feet. Frederick liked absently to stroke her golden hair, and sometimes when the text was especially gripping he would prop his elbow on her convenient, shelf-like bosom.As the Russian mystic described the life of a peasant in the fields, Frederick...
...this point, we’ve been trying to relax, decompress, and take stock of the situation. With respect to any other projects, just keeping my eyes and ears open to see what might come along. Sometimes these things just fall into your lap...