Word: spieled
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...really did think I blew it," she said. "They gave us a little spiel beforehand about how we were all winners. I was trying to take it to heart...
...talking to a lot of people, politically stranded by the media, who believe that only he is talking to them. But no one has proposed him for President or Messiah; and he declares he would not apply for either job. Other listeners abhor the political product but enjoy the spiel. You can find diversion in any aspect of the Limbaugh carnival: the tight-wire walker or the Tilt-a-Whirl, the sideshow barker or the geek. You might even find it salutary to have your own exalted prejudices shaken by him. Last time we looked, Rush was still popular...
...couldn't blame the spiel for my (irrational) decision to study engineering. That's right, folks, I settled upon engineering at the wizened old age of--you guessed it--17. brief lesson: if you're 17 and you think you know anything about life, you're wrong. Period...
...hope not. Behind his veneer of good looks and a down-home spiel lies an uninspiring acuity and a frightening tendency to personalize public policy...
Rush gives great spiel. His radio persona, which is nearly identical to his genially blustering off-mike personality, mixes country lawyer with sideshow barker, tent evangelist with Spike Jones rhythm section. In the space of a single sentence, he will rattle newspapers into the microphone, impersonate Benjamin Hooks (Does the N.A.A.C.P. director really sound like Amos 'n' Andy's Kingfish?) and break into an impromptu chorus of Blue Moon. When Limbaugh gets revved up, he comes on like John Madden with a grudge...