Word: nods
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...forgo his just desserts, Youssef jumped into action. In a nod to Martin Luther, he tacked a page-long note up on his door, demanding the return of the cream-filled chocolate cakes...
Laine leaped 15.82 meters to the triple-jump victory and an All-Ivy nod. Hinson also earned the distinction for his second-place finish in the shot put, while freshman sensation Lindsey Scherf was awarded it for her second-place finish in the 5,000-meter...
...have knives but used rocks," he explains. "We didn't even know how to make fire." Jurubu, a soft-spoken man with close-cropped gray hair, high cheekbones and deeply inset eyes, looks to the 30 or so villagers sitting in a circle around him for confirmation. They nod and grunt assent, and he proceeds to talk about the time their shy ancestors hid themselves from the outside world in Liang Bua, a high-ceilinged cavern scooped out of a limestone hill about a kilometer away. Again a chorus of agreement. "Tell how Paju left the cave and married...
...abuse, but they stay for the words. LaBute's sharp lines ride along on natural rhythm and casual wit. His pointed dialogue regularly inspires comparisons between the 42-year-old writer and two long-established masters of acerbic, dysfunctional exchanges, Harold Pinter and David Mamet. As a nod to their influence on him, LaBute has dedicated plays to both. It's the acid-tipped everydayness, both devastating and dangerously funny, that translates well, making him as popular in Europe as he is in the U.S. "He's bold, unapologetic and willing to go where others don't dare," says Eckhart...
...earlier in the year when a group of its high-flying parents demanded a greater say in the school council's choice of headmistress. Elsewhere, some teachers admit that when school captain/prefect elections are close, the candidate with the ubiquitous mother or father is more likely to get the nod. Parents who test teachers' nerves come in various types. Principals will often meet the demanding parent before the child is enrolled. This mother or father will have 20 questions along the lines of, Why should I entrust my precious child to you? "Just once," says a Sydney primary-school principal...