Word: off-the-cuff
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...tossing footballs in the aisle of his "Real Deal Express" bus and often grabbing a vacant seat next to a reporter for an off-the-record chat. But now that he's the front runner and his press contingent has grown to some 55, the Senator makes fewer off-the-cuff remarks, and he doesn't even ride on the bus anymore. He's up front in a lead car, cocooned by his senior staff...
...fear it has become a bad relationship... A friend who bullies us is no longer a friend, and since bullies respond only to strength, I am prepared to be much stronger from now on—and the president should be prepared for that.” The off-the-cuff speech is joyously received by Grant’s political advisors, the British population as a whole and the middle schoolers sitting to my right, briefly roused from giggling into their jumbo size boxes of Milk Duds...
...voice. Home Movies--a sweet, off-kilter comedy about neurotic eight-year-old film buffs, their dysfunctional families and their alcoholic soccer coach--relies heavily on improvisation to create true-to-life dialogue; executive producer Loren Bouchard recalls how voice actress Melissa Bardin Galsky came up with an off-the-cuff line about how her character's pencil eraser smelled like strawberries. "Most of us," Bouchard says, "don't remember when we had erasers that came in food flavors...
Such off-the-cuff levity made the show a winning one, as did Gershon’s forceful voice and vibrant style. Her song selections for the set also balanced each other well. The harsh punk sounds of the film, notably in “Stupid Star,” “Pretty Pretty” and “Prey for Rock and Roll,” complimented the mostly softer, sultry tones of Gershon’s own songs...
...Robert E. Furrow ’07 and Matthew L. Tobey ’07 rose to the occasion and joined Ferus in performing a hastily assembled program of solos and ensembles for a handful of their classmates. Their first recital, despite its somewhat off-the-cuff character, generated enough buzz to warrant the establishment of a tradition...