Word: whimpers
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...Charlotte Church were handing out tiny gold statuettes to artists you may nor may not have heard of, for albums you probably never listened to, as part of a pre-telecast program that you will almost certainly never see. The 43rd Grammy Awards had begun with a characteristic whimper. On the streets around the Staples Center, curious ticketless onlookers had already gathered. On stage, tiny outrages were already taking place. In the wordy category of Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, "Things Have Changed?" from "Wonder Boys?" written by Bob Dylan, lost out to "When...
...fact, party activists, once bent on cutting school breakfasts and midnight basketball, actually applauded Powell--who actually wore a white shirt. He chastised those who "miss no opportunity to roundly and loudly condemn affirmative action that helped a few thousand black kids get an education" but hardly utter "a whimper when it's affirmative action for lobbyists..." He also took them to task for keeping so much wealth on their side of the wall, for building too few schools and too many jails...
...nothing worse than grilled vegetables." But she also offers pronouncements on such wide-ranging subjects as golfing with men (Don't; "[they] can throw off your stroke"), marriage, world leaders and diva attitude: "You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper. Everything has drama if it's done right. Even a pancake." Flambe flapjacks aside, Child has her reflective moments, as well as a couple of unsettling ones. "Always remember," she says, "if you're alone in the kitchen and you drop the lamb, you can always just pick...
More often, unsatisfactory relationships end with a whimper. Whether because of indifference to advising in general or a distaste for a particular person, some students use advisers for study card signatures and little else...
...match was played on Senior Night at Columbia Union, and was the final hurrah for Pioneer seniors Nathan French and Jeff Badillo. Despite the ceremony, Harvard saw to it that the hurrah was more a whimper than a roar...