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Word: quip (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...audience was largely subdued, as a consistent buzz of conversation was punctuated by outbursts of laughter. Highlights included Obama’s mistaken reference to McCain as “Tom,” and McCain’s quip that Obama must find it “hard to reach across the aisle from that far to the left...

Author: By Katherine A. Petti and Abby D. Phillip, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: BSA Event Rings in Historic Debate | 9/28/2008 | See Source »

...father, and we're not on a plantation either." No doubt that Lee was voicing a social grievance, but he was also tub-thumping some early publicity for his own WW II film - the one with the John Wayne clip and the typically smoldering Spike Lee quip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spike Lee Goes to War with Miracle at St. Anna | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

Clad in a bow tie and jet-black suit, Kushner raced through his forty minutes of prepared material, pausing only for the occasional sip of water or self-derisive quip...

Author: By Madeleine A. Bennett, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kushner Draws Crowd To Historical Fiction Talk | 4/11/2008 | See Source »

Some will quip that I’m bitter. But, personally, I think the gene pool worked out for me! After all, I can take my Medieval History exam in comfort in cramped Science Center desks, while the DHA-clad giants can’t even squeeze in the aisle past...

Author: By D. PATRICK Knoth, STAFF WRITER | Title: Hate It: Athletic Recruiting | 3/11/2008 | See Source »

...Isles Beach deli. He likes to say he banked on Florida because of electoral realities and limited resources; he thought it was a big state he could win "given my positions, given the pros and cons." But at the Orange County Republican dinner Saturday night, Rudy made a telling quip: "People pay a lot of money to spend the month of Florida in January." When the political science classes ponder the remarkable collapse of the Giuliani '08 campaign, they might come to think of it as a $40 million Florida vacation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Giuliani Completes His Collapse | 1/29/2008 | See Source »

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