Word: sagging
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...written: Jackie Onassis will become an ambassador. Bralessness will sag in popularity. Kidnapers will threaten Donny Osmond. Dr. Jonas Salk will find a cure for the common cold...
...Omar Khayyám, waved away a dubious bowl of pudding at his wedding breakfast with the exclamation, "Ugh! Congealed bridesmaid!" Ireland is found "so melancholy, so full of the ghosts of feuds and famines, the clouds fly low, the trees sag under the incessant rain, and the very air seems charged and weighed down with a sense of grievance." An Alphabet of Literary Prejudice includes a list of names from the London phone book (among the more notable: Geoffrey Gush, Dr. Fredoon Famrose and Mr. Halfhead...
There were, of course, a few dropouts, but most victims of blisters, cramps, aches and fatigue were back on the road after a few hours in a trailer called the Sag Wagon. Not so fortunate was Pat Doyle, 20, a truck driver from Dubuque, who vowed at the start to "drink a beer at every saloon on this ride." Alas, for the pride of the Doyles, Pat crashed his bike on the fourth day in Iowa Falls, all those saloons and 250 miles from the last watering hole in Clinton. For those who made it from river to river, surviving...
...nervous, fidgety man, not really short (5 ft. 10 in.), but round (182 Ibs.), Califano was linked by capital fashion watchers with the worst-dressed men in Washington. He wears blue button-down shirts, narrow ties and baggy pants. They sag because he recently weighed as much as 195 Ibs.?a heft reached when, observing his own well-publicized warnings against smoking, he stopped inhaling three packs of cigarettes a day. Instead, he began eating four daily meals and ballooned. Now on a diet, backed by a 45-min. noon-hour jog around the Mall, he has ignored...
...real people who make the Mather House Invalid an enjoyable experience are the supporting players. Just as the leads start to sag, another absolutely hilarious bit player comes in to bolster the show...