Word: shake
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...stereo speaker (which moonlights as a coffee table), they think I am a man of wealth and taste (or at least one out of the two). If conversation flags, we can browse through it and, depending on our mood, laugh at something we concede is witty, or shake our heads and mutter, "Puerile." Both pastimes are enjoyable. The Lampoon book also makes a nice tray to carry drinks or hot dishes to the table. I suspect it would do an admirable job pressing autumn leaves, but we'll have to wait till autumn rolls around...
...should it be opened when she held it during the swearing-in? They agreed on the 20th Psalm ("May Yahweh [God] answer you in time of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob 'protect you' "). Said Mrs. Ford: "I hope my hand doesn't shake...
...many children--perhaps a third of the 400 inhabitants--come out to shake your hand, curiosity and warmth in their eyes...
...could already indict those gods for both "conspicuous consumption of valuable goods" and, more significantly, "conspicuous wastefulness." In the Twentieth Century, consumption and waste seemed wedded, the nuptials attended by such as Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, whose profligate inventions spurred cheap consumption. Even the Great Depression could not shake the habits of acquisition. F.D.R.'s reference to "the more abundant life" was too enticing to examine. So were the now forgotten promises of the Fair Deal, the New Frontier and the Great Society...
...girl emerges dripping, obviously tired and cold, from her swim. She disappears into the locker area and reappears with an armful of bottles. She lines the bottles up against the wall and carefully tests the water. Only then does she pull off her bathing cap and shake down a fall of deep red hair, below her waist and curly...