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...mindedness. This consists of the interjections of a familiar moniker into a conversation where the name is completely irrelevant. Kurt Vonnegut does this all the time: in the middle of a discussion of, say, polo ponies his eyes will suddenly glaze over and he'll shake his head and mutter, "Erooke Shields." This behavior is--poor Kurt--the familiar early symptom of a greater malaise...
...Alexander Haig, a veteran of 36 years in public service of one kind or another, was surprised at how difficult it was to establish himself as this nation's chief foreign policy spokesman. So Haig did what a lot of others before him have done. He began to mutter, and then to say outright, that he did not really relish the headaches and the humiliations and maybe he ought to walk out the door...
...Dothan was not deterred. To help locate promising sites, she hired as her foreman a Bedouin named Hamad who had been doing some freelance digging on his own. As he walked over the dunes, he would hold a long screwdriver before him like a divining rod and mutter in Arabic, "Yom assal, yom bassal [One day it is honey, one day it is onions...
...Paris. When people at work ask where I live, I say "the 7th instead of "Rue St. Paul." I stand up in the metro at all times. and when I want to get off I push people and mutter "pardon" and act annoyed. I have learned to say "merct" when in doubt. My maitre d'hotel understands that I do not eat breakfast...
...Before, Lavery was an elegant dancer and a dutiful partner. Working with Darci has made him an ardent and vigilant one. He talks to her as they perform. If he finds signs of developing nerves like a stiffening body or a tendency to move off the beat, he will mutter, "It's O.K." or "Better hurry up." Says Lavery: "I am struck by the way she can cover space and by her nonstop energy. She doesn't know when to rest...