Word: trots
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...dance floor and hope for an invitation to dance to the strains of a live orchestra playing such songs as “Let’s Build a Stairway to Paradise” or “Racing with the Moon.” The fox-trot, interspersed with waltzes, rhumbas, sambas, and jitterbug, was the popular rhythm. In those days, knowing how to dance was akin to knowing how to brush your teeth: you had been doing it regularly since you got your twelve-year-old molars...
...Salvador was free to take his time. He had just launched a three-run shot to right that closed the Bears’ lead to 12-10 and brought hope to a seemingly hopeless situation. After striding out of the box, San Salvador settled into his home run trot while his overjoyed teammates streamed out of the dugout...
...knew I wanted to get a kid that looked like him,” Buckley says of Sheffield. “He looked like him, had the right kind of trot, good smile, seemed the right kind of guy. He sort of looked like an old -timer. Then we put the uniform on and he was a dead ringer...
...enlisted Ron Shapiro as his advisor. While NCAA rules prohibit amateur athletes from hiring an official agent, college players are allowed to retain an advisor. Crockett consulted Shapiro, a well-known agent who has counted future Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. and the Red Sox’ Trot Nixon among his clients...
...they privately savor the political rewards that the storms will blow in their direction. Such hypocritical tears were more effectively shed when the world was not in the constant glare of television. These days some of them are barely able to keep a thin smile hidden while they trot out pompous phrases of concern, interjected by poison - words that send private signals to their violent constituency. The camera shows...