Word: smirking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stunt butt was needed for this model turned actress, whose sultry looks and good-natured smirk helped establish her as the gal-pal of choice to such aging screen heroes as Clint Eastwood (In the Line of Fire), Kevin Costner (Tin Cup) and Dustin Hoffman (Outbreak). "There's a sense of ease working with her because she doesn't take herself too seriously," says Mel Gibson, who co-starred with Russo in two Lethal Weapon sequels as well as the kidnapping drama Ransom. Although Russo jokes about her recurring roles as sidekick to mature macho men, she's easygoing enough...
...region can be awesome. "I have never heard of anyone going to the Holy Land," says TIME senior religion reporter Emily Mitchell, "who was not overwhelmed by the emotions it engendered. That can put a severe strain on some mentally fragile people." While cynics may be prone to smirk over the Jerusalem Syndrome, it?s important to remember one thing, says Gorman: "It is not religious experience that makes you more prone to mental illness. Rather it?s the other way around: If someone already suffers from an underlying mental illness, then it is possible that having a profoundly emotional...
...four-foot tall, crippled drunk beggar works the line. He's not having much luck. Some of the VJ wannabees are getting testy. An MTV staffer, charged with keeping the line orderly, observes the commotion with a smirk. Gesturing toward the hunch-backed bum, he launches into a sidewalk sermon...
...four-foot tall, crippled, drunk beggar works the line. He's not having much luck. Some of the VJ wannabees are getting testy. An MTV staffer, charged with keeping the line orderly, observes the commotion with a smirk. Gesturing toward the hunch-backed bum, he launches into a sidewalk sermon...
...Plato's Republic like everyone else in the class. But I'm not, so I giggled at the funny noise. My outburst was audible for just a second because I clenched my body to hold in the laughter. I shook violently as I attempted to hide behind my smirk, but I wasn't fooling anybody. The two upperclassmen sandwiching me on either side shifted their eyes to watch me convulse a foot away from the professor and then shook their heads in disapproving pity...