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Word: smirks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...couple of key setbacks for Bush, that in Austin, "The party seemed to be ready to start." In other words, Bush overreached. He was smug. That victory party, scheduled possibly to start even before West Coast polls closed, is starting - just maybe, if Bush loses - to become the Bush smirk writ large...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Real Media Bias: Let Judge Mills Lane Decide! | 11/7/2000 | See Source »

...knows we still don't know which way Florida, or the election, is going to go. But that smirk we were talking about earlier? If Dubya ends up winning, he may just have earned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Real Media Bias: Let Judge Mills Lane Decide! | 11/7/2000 | See Source »

...know that our best years are yet to come. We feel happy knowing that, like Hillary, as soon as we make our millions on Wall Street or Pennsylvania Avenue, we will be able to afford expensive make-overs that will reveal our true beauty. Thanks to Hillary, we can smirk at all the lovely peaches and cool limes knowing that we, the chocolates, have the best end-game...

Author: By Meredith B. Osborn, | Title: Hillary Becomes Us | 11/3/2000 | See Source »

...That big guy. It's Game Seven, bottom of the ninth, two outs. You're down three runs with the bases loaded. The pitcher is scheduled to bat next. You smirk. You point your finger down the bench at the burly man with the red goatee. "You. Grab a bat." The man heads to the batter's box and launches one into the night. Game over. You win. The man is Mark McGwire...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: How to Accept the Impending Mets' Defeat | 10/11/2000 | See Source »

...issue and then offering a clear answer. He disagrees with Bush in a nice way and does well. Bush, though, does a good job of making it seem as though he supports an equally expansive patient's bill of rights. (He doesn't.) And he's clearly got the smirk under control. No laughing about frying prisoners this time. It's mellow Bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush vs. Gore III: A Round-by-Round Analysis | 10/11/2000 | See Source »

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