Word: standing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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People aren't supposed to be nice to each other on a basketball court. They're supposed to trash talk, stuff, thump their chests, maybe even throttle a coach or kick a photographer in the 'nads. But to stand still so an injured player from the other team can shoot a free basket and break a school record? That kind of nonsense has no place in a gymnasium...
...know, I like you in spite of your jabs, because you have given me an opportunity of spending an hour writing this letter. If you come over to Boston after I am out, I have a d___ good mind to buy you a drink. Two, if you can stand the gait. Will you libate with me? CHARLES PONZI Massachusetts State Prison Charlestown, Mass...
Many thanks for the flattering reference to my gaudily crowned head but may I file a gentle demurrer to your repeated use of the adjective "dwarfish" in describing my person. Although I actually stand five feet four inches in socks, I have never objected to being ribbed about my size. Your pet word, however, strikes me as inappropriate as it carries a connotation of the monstrous and stunted. Let me suggest that such phrases as "smallish," "minute," "miniature" and even "pocket-size" Billy Rose would be considerably more appetizing. Of course, if your mind is made up, I assure...
...have only one mild word of protest. I am not, as you have twice stated in your columns, the original, or part-original, of Larry in Maugham's The Razor's Edge. I can stand a good deal of kidding from my friends, but this rumor has poisoned my life for the past six months, and I wish it would die as quickly as possible. CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD Santa Monica, Calif...
...knew Henny Youngman for 50 years, and until two weeks ago, he always called me kid. I saw him do stand-up for the first time 60 years ago, when I was 10 years old. When I left the club, my father asked me what I thought, and I said I thought he was funny. That was his greatest contribution. He was not progressive, he was not controversial or thought-provoking or political. He was just funny...