Word: tic
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...Blame it on some mysterious physical or mental tic...
...problem is that UMass scored 19 seconds later. Glass converted a tic-tac-toe-like passing display after the face-off and beat Lyng with six seconds remaining...
...Paramount to our problems, they claim, is a tendency to pepper our dialogue with the word 'like' as if it were a verbal tic, demonstrating our abysmal vocabularies and utter lack of neurological activity...
...Inaugural stand could have been tense. The Bushes and the Quayles were on the high ground, surrounded by the victors, every facial tic and gesture being beamed around the world. Bush searched for friends. The Joint Chiefs of Staff, such stalwarts through the Persian Gulf and now in Somalia and Iraq, were nearby, and he leaned far over to shake hands. Suddenly, from behind them, came the face and hand of Admiral William Crowe, the former Chairman, who had made a splashy stand for Clinton during the campaign. Warm shake. Nice words. Hostilities contained...
...inherited assumptions and brand-name ideals, of traditional wisdom, of pseudo memories of a golden age, of old class habits: here some of the culture's finest aspirations are on display, its handcrafted, polished virtues and a few handsome, valuable antiques. But also a lot of shoulder pads, Tic Tacs and mouthwash...