Word: posed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...assorted nuts). They talked again on Wednesday. At the White House, the Prime Minister passed, twinkling, through the gauntlet of correspondents. In his wake strode towering Ambassador Franks, shortening his ambassadorial step so as not to tread on the ministerial heels. On one occasion Mr. Attlee paused to pose, lighting his pipe. Some photographers missed the action and pleaded with him to light his pipe again. Said the Prime Minister: "I can't. It's lit." A reporter asked him how the talks were going...
Each man had his own (co-ed) cheering section, but there were several anatomically-minded spectators who vocally appraised every hopeful as he posed. The five judges, though, retained dignified Atlantic City-like attitude throughout, conscientiously scoring the contestants on such varied points as symmetry, physique, pose, and skin...
...nice release to serenade Radcliffe, if the men stop at that," the dean said. "The Administrative Board is particularly concerned with educating the students on the dangers that such serenades can pose when they get out of hand...
Among the most spectacular was the fighting pose of the courbette. Without apparent urging from its rider, the performing Lipizzan reared high on its hind legs, executed a series of forward jumps while pawing furiously, almost like a boxer, with its forelegs. Such a maneuver, Colonel Podhajsky explains, was naturally in high favor among medieval cavalrymen when ever they found themselves hemmed in by foot soldiers...
...continents. But in Hollywood, where Mike Romanoff settled after being immortalized in a five-part New Yorker profile, he finally cashed in on the fact that he is one of the few genuine, 24-carat phonies in a city where thin plating has often been known to pose for the real thing...