Word: nods
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With decisions of such moment hanging on her graceful nod, or her mother's nod, the odds must have been heavy at one point that Brooke would turn septic, and at 15 would be spoiled and desolate. In fact she is a nice, steady, friendly kid, who, so it is said, was excited at making the cheerleading squad at her private high school in New Jersey. She studies hard when she is on location and says she got two A's and two B's in her last marking period. (Director Zeffirelli did the unheard...
Restic's offense was limited by rules restricting motion and the short preparation time. But his discussions with Buckley and the evident communication between coach and signalcaller--often by just a nod--underlined the high esteem in which Restic holds his precious quarterbacks...
...deal worth millions, the kind of high-finance finagling that usually takes place in the plush penthouse suites of office towers or aboard private Learjets. In such transactions, aides with bulging briefcases and thick black books usually dance attendance near by, ready to proffer, at a nod from the principals, relevant statistics and legal interpretations. But the deal under discussion did not involve a merger or a stock swap but a swap of a different kind:, a trade for a relief pitcher, a third baseman and young outfielder. And, because baseball men are true to the traditions of their anachronistic...
With co-captain Tom Mannix out with two dislocated fingers, Crimson coach Frank McLaughlin should start Mark Harris, Monroe Trout and Joe Carrabino at the forward positions, with Calvin Dixon and Donald Fleming getting the nod in the back court...
...with trying to guess what is going to happen next. This occupational tic, this desire to sound "knowing" about the not yet knowable, is what makes so much journalism quickly forgettable. The urge is highly visible during the Reagan interregnum, with Washington reporters and columnists desperately inflating every little nod about future policies, or hint about appointments, from the Reagan camp...