Word: shrug
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What was the cause of the fracas? "Maronite honor, prestige, glory," said a local priest, adding with a shrug, "nothing much...
...Daniel Schorr's questions. But for the most part the pictures, the reporting, and the narration by Edward R. Murrow succeeded in projecting their intended impression of "a nation on a tightrope," still unsure about its new status. "The typical Polish gesture," summed up Reporter Schorr, "is a shrug...
...like best." Like the other 13 selections composed for the show, the Rodgers tunes were light and a little thin, the Hammerstein lyrics were a little too sugary. There was still time to lace them with some tartness. "But after all," commented the other stepsister, Kaye Ballard, with a shrug of resignation, "it is Cinderella...
...satellite liberation cannot be considered a visible objective, or even a real expectation. It stands, however, as a reminder that the world does not recognize the legality of Soviet de facto control over the satellites, and the the subjugated peoples of these countries will not be forgotten by a shrug of the shoulders and a despairing sigh...
...stupid quips, but rather its greasy benevolence. Fairly often, to be sure. Actor Skulnik shakes himself free from it: with a demonstration of how to walk so that shoes will not wear out, with a tale of how each month his landlord pays him rent, with a mere shrug or grunt or monosyllable, he can be a delight. But oftener he struggles, like a boxer, to outpoint his material, or like a magician, to make it vanish; and oftenest, he is mowed down by it. The evening is as unhappy a mixture as an omelet would be made with...