Word: smirking
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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That's the thing about watching Bruce Willis act: it's not just that he's so incredibly cool--it's that he makes you feel like you're cool too. Unlike George Bush's, his smirk is inclusive, a charming plea for forgiveness for being a tough guy. He is the bouncer who listens to you and smiles as he's tossing you from...
...fertile market for peddling prejudice—the more bilious, the better. Every day, millions of Americans gather with guilty grins around the speaker, waiting for the next slur to slide out. The audience doesn’t ever have to echo these views in civil society, only to smirk in silent complicity when they are voiced in the comfort of their sedan...
ADAMS: Brain Break patrol and alley-like outdoor “patio” be damned, Adams is by far the classiest of the Houses. Drink yourself into a rosy stupor with Adams House resident oenophiles/wine stewards, smirk at your cool indoor courtyard, and practice throwing the gallery openings you were born for in the Artspace. Just get ready to elbow your way into the outsider-infested dining hall and be prepared for the sorriest excuse of a salad bar you’ll ever see.CABOT: You’ve never heard of Cabot? Have you heard of the Quad...
...illuminated leafs of the manuscript at a distance, crack my knuckles, revel in my cunning, flash a little smirk. I know a little something about Islamic decorative arts in the 16th and 17th centuries...
...deceive and induce batsmen into a false shot. In the 1970s and '80s, when I was a kid growing up in Australia, my friends and I idolized the quickies, most of them from the unbeatable West Indian team that dominated the era. Tall, toned, with a swagger and menacing smirk that spoke straight to a 13-year-old boy, the finest fast bowlers were as cool as we could ever hope...