Word: wagging
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...quilted with dandelions and buttercups and 3,000 or so of the American middle class, their babies in Kreeger & Son slings on their backs. Behind the corpse, which was borne in a wood-frame box wrapped in silk, came visiting lamas, borne in big cars, or lamasines, as one wag had it. "Our understanding," one after another in the crowd said, and happily so, "is that though the body of the teacher has died and will be consumed by the flames, his mind still exists and will pervade all of space...
...majority cannot resist the temptation to wag its finger at the selection of Governor Dukakis as the Class Day speaker. Their dissatisfaction apparently stems from nothing more than an overwhelming desire to be dissatisfied...
...Hollywood Cast System. Roles played on Broadway by sharp actresses of minimum star wattage become brass rings for Oscar winners looking for the Next Big Thing. Though Crimes is an ensemble piece, the top gals inevitably compete for the dynamite scene and the revealing close-up. (One wag suggested that the producers should have cast Meryl Streep in all three roles.) So: good intentions, classy names, and what happens? Crimes is ossified into a movie misdemeanor...
...pawns that ensued would prevent any progress on arms control or toward a Soviet-American summit. Instead, something quite different occurred. Movement on arms control increased, and so did hopes for a year-end meeting between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. As a result, the dog seemed to wag the tail for a change: the desire to reach an accord on the major issues dividing the superpowers created an eagerness to resolve, as quickly as face-saving maneuvers would allow, the dispute involving the U.S. News & World Report correspondent and Gennadi Zakharov, the Soviet U.N. employee awaiting trial...
...esteem and his need to break new ground. It means the love of theater and drama, which has always been a part of his life. It does not mean that he was having an affair with Helga. Oh, yes, Betsy knew that using ; the word love would make the wags wag. They both have a marvelous way of teasing. But if he were having an affair, she would be the last one to go public about it. She would be protective of herself. And he would not want it to be presumed that he was having an affair with...