Word: preens
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...that play a democratic game accessible to all. While only the fortunate few can ever hope to live the Paris Hilton lifestyle, we can all pursue happiness on the baseball diamond—no trust fund is necessary to dream of Major League glory. Thus, while Californians posture and preen to party at the same nightclubs as Nicole Ritchie and Justin Timberlake, we lionize Manny Ramirez and Daisuke Matsuzaka...
...American cocker spaniel), Reveur (a Lab) and Zorba (beagle) necked a good bottle-and-a-half each and refused to give up their spots at the front of the bar. Averti, however, was clearly unimpressed with the standard of beverage on offer. The white terrier took a moment to preen her coat as the rest of the pack jostled for position...
...assembled a best-and-brightest team with résumés bristling with brand names like his own--Princeton, Stanford, Goldman Sachs. "He used to brag that he had all these Supreme Court clerks from Harvard working for him," recalled a campaign veteran. Bolten was happy to let others preen in meetings while he waited to make a killer point at the end. He has thrived by showing, very quietly, that he is indispensable. Now as President Bush's second chief of staff, he is suddenly in the spotlight. Last week he appeared before large groups of worried aides...
...deeper purpose of unhappiness. Are happy episodes in an individual's life not measured against the sad episodes? What would a state of unwavering happiness really be like, other than a bland monotone devoid of texture and contrast? Perhaps unhappiness defines happiness as surely as night defines day. Chris Preen Cape Town...
...from Mein Kampf as if it were a sacred bedtime story. The tough cop he played in the 1997 L.A. Confidential is another soft-spoken type: in lieu of shouting, he tattoos his fist on a suspect's face, grabs a man's genitals. Never does he strut or preen or pace nervously, Pacino-style. There's no spillage of energy. The Sea of Crowe has a surface calm; rancor roils a few fathoms below...