Word: nods
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...wannabe wonks in attendance accost me after the talk, launching into discussions about the Iraq crisis and Bush-Cheney corruption scandals. I use the word “discussion” lightly—the conversations consist mostly of me listening to their 10-minute monologues. Occasionally I nod my head or release a murmur of approval from my parched throat; at least political discourse is alive and well. I refrain from purchasing the book, however...
When we sit down at a Manhattan bar, Zach Braff tells the waitress that we'll have two beers. This I didn't know about. On our way out, he gives a smooth Jersey nod to a table of college-age women. His laugh is so loud, explosive and startlingly self-assured that it's normally heard only from aliens pretending to be human. Braff exudes more confidence than Donald Rumsfeld...
...through the humiliation he had, waiting by the phone only to learn of Joe Lieberman's selection five hours after the Gore campaign started telling the media. He also told Johnson he didn't want to see any "phony names"--people stuck on the list as a nod to diversity or to mollify an interest group. There was a gambit with John McCain in June; Kerry warmed to the fun of floating the name as a testament to civility and bipartisanship, not to mention how it would drive the White House crazy. The actual list of serious contenders grew...
...politely nod...
Maybe former Harvard and Boston College assistant Ron Rolston would have drawn flowing praise from Director of Athletics Robert Scalise. Maybe Union coach Nate Leaman or Vermont head man Kevin Sneddon ’92 would have earned a smile and approving nod from former coach and athletics director Bill Cleary...