Word: lingerer
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Once again we encounter the continual setting up of straw men, the self-righteous refusal to take (or in this case recommend) the easy and popular course, even -- Lord help us! -- the incidentally-I-have-negotiated- with-Khrushchev bit. Some of the old class resentment and malice toward foes linger too. Doubtless Nixon genuinely believes Boris Yeltsin to be like Khrushchev in concealing a razor-sharp intelligence behind a somewhat oafish exterior. But when he scorns the American "foreign policy elite" for sniffing at Yeltsin because the Russian might not know which fork to use at a state banquet...
...social commentary and symbolism is notlikely to linger for long in your mind, however.It's the little touches which are far morememorable, such as the incongruously macho red bowtie of Hypatia's snivelling fiance, Bentley, andthe palpable hesitation of Johnny, Hypatia'sboring brother, before he daringly smashes a dishin frustration. The caperings of variouscharacters on, around and over the swing whichadorns the stage are among the most entertainingmoments of the play...
...took out garbage," says one woman. Not surprisingly, the stay- at-homes resent those who fled. "When we saw Kuwaitis coming back with their Cartier watches and their FREE KUWAIT T shirts," added the woman, "we got angry." The clash of cultures has gradually diminished, but ill feelings linger...
...abused child. No one, of course, can be denied a chance to tell his or her side of a controversial story, and appearing on TV talk shows has become almost a constitutional right in America. But the sight of Bowman going public in prime time will surely linger in the minds of news executives the next time a victim's plea for privacy clashes with the prerogatives of a free press...
Some are in and out so fast they hardly have a chance to catch their breaths. Others linger for hours, even days, with no place to go, content just to sit and watch the steady stream of people...