Word: mouthes
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...then there are the practical pitfalls of relying on others to put words in your mouth. A friend of mine, a speechwriter for Sen. Tom Harkin, asked my advice on writing a speech for the West Virginia AFL-CIO. I suggested that he discuss the history of the labor movement in West Virginia, including the famous, bloody massacre at Paint Creek. Because of my faint Appalachian lilt, my friend understood it as "Pink Creek." Only a last-minute phone call saved the senator from certain humiliation...
Neil Rudenstine should put Harvard's money where Bok's mouth...
Thus far, his life resembles that of any number of promising jazz musicians: hour after hour spent with saxophone in mouth or ear bent towards a scratchy Coltrane recording, performances at bar mitzvahs, weddings or wherever he's wanted, and a healthy dose of optimism for the future...
...were driving all over to every address he had given us," Buxeda says. "We finally found him sitting outside a house with his mouth wide open with disbelief. He was a bit surprised to see the three of us walking...
Tears streaming down cheeks or a grin from ear to ear equals good word of mouth. Last summer's surprise smash Ghost got 50 million moviegoers suitably weepy. So this summer's early line favored Dying Young, the Julia Roberts sudser about a former Candy Striper who falls in love with a failing patient. Hollywood had two nicknames for the film: Pretty Nurse and Can't Miss. But now second thoughts may be spoiling the party. 20th Century Fox has postponed the movie until late summer, and there's talk of changing both the downbeat ending and the title...