Word: pokes
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...white man could ever sing the songs his way ... there is no modern singer who has not learned something from him. His touches turn up in other singers' styles; his trademark phrases, such as 'What'd I say' and 'Don't you know now' and 'That's all right,' poke out from everybody's rhythm choruses like passwords to success ... Charles lives in a world of sounds alone, and even his best songs do not completely tell what goes on there. Southern spiritualists have claimed to hear him speaking the 'unknown tongue,' and serious jazz critics go along with calling...
...bright, like Americans! This is the French lounge: there is no service here!” Though it’s illegal—you will find no books of “Mubaraq-isms” here—Egyptians are even known to poke subtle fun at their own government, although they really love to tease George Bush...
...That very eve, I logged on to thefacebook.com and saw words that thrilled me to my very marrow: “You have been poked by Rohit Chopra.” My excitement soon faded. I learned from friends that one of the many things Chopra does with his time is poke lots and lots of people. Nonetheless, I asked him to be my friend. He accepted...
...Culture, Technology and Democracy. Norvell defines community as simply “any place where humans interact.” In this sense, Thefacebook.com represents an online community—in addition to the nail-biting process of requesting new friends, the website has features that allow you to poke and send messages to friends already on your list. It practically eliminates the need for real interaction...
While heavy ideas may not be part of thefacebook ethos, the site’s revolution has an impact on students. The sociological heavies might have their eyes elsewhere right now, but amateur anthropologists like Zuckerberg and Hughes are changing daily lives, one poke at a time...