Word: sashayings
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...think that he would have learned to take the holidays in stride, to sashay through the swing season with a dignified sense of balance. Not the Captain. Balance was supposed to come with middle age, but these days he feels shakier than ever. The season overwhelms him with its polarities. Grand abstractions are undercut by particular forms. The gratitude of Thanksgiving reduced to a half-chewed drumstick. The generosity of Hanukkah and Christmas to Tammy Faye Bakker dolls. The renewal of New Year's to a horn toot...
...panicked, tore off his clothes and, after walking naked through the countryside, was arrested and sent back to the U.S. "Dennis tapped the bottom," Nicholson says of the bad old days. "He was staying at places that didn't allow visitors. It wasn't Sunnybrook Farm -- no sashay through those rich men's rest homes. He did the real stuff...
...bonuses to deserving workers. The practice was soon officially dubbed one of the Eight New Evil Winds* and eventually banned by the government. But fashion is still coming on strong in Chinese life, at least in the big cities. "It's fantastic," says Pierre Cardin, as eleven Chinese models sashay up a Peking runway in black silk dresses made for him in Shanghai...
Your brown paper bag in hand, you can now sashay sumptuously, from Low Budget to High Tea, into the lobby of the Four Seasons Hotel on a M. Street N.W. in Georgetown. There, hot buttered scones and perfect tea are served to the accompaniment of a grant Steinway piano. At dusk, they light the candles candle, and bring out the champagne...
...Virginia Slims Tennis. The women's tour is in town for its annual sashay through Boston, and the action comes to a head in the Garden this weekend. Tracy Austin, Billie Jean King, Wendy Turnbull and Sylvia Hanika have already advanced to the quarterfinals, and each is gunning for victory in Sunday afternoon's final. The 20-year-old Austin has won only one tournament in the last 14 months...