Word: winked
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Dick Gephardt continued his gradual descent into schizophrenia. He’s so full of “wink-winks” and “nudge-nudges” that ultimately we have no idea what he’s trying to tell us. After years of pussyfooting moderateness in the House, he appeared last month with his behemoth Health Care Plan to End All Health Care Plans (not to mention Bush’s tax-cut plan). Gephardt wants very badly to be Clinton. Clinton had so fully mastered the art of chicanery that we all relished those...
...Dartmouth had a bad omen,” Walsh said with a wink after the Crimson clinched its second consecutive Red Rolfe Division title. “The Old Man of the Mountain fell off yesterday...
...coach? There are dozens of homeless foreign players roaming around China these days, desperately angling for a place to live out the end of their playing careers. Already, two footballers from Germany and Guinea have come and gone from the Flying Horses' training camp. Gascoigne gives the Senegalese a wink and assures him that he'll talk to the manager. The Brazilian is listening intently to the conversation, even though he can't understand a word. "He's not going to make it," remarks Gazza, nodding toward the silent Brazilian. "He'll be gone by next week, but he doesn...
...there was a wink in his eye,” Bertagna said...
...know Clooney as a fellow who likes to deliver the tallest tales with a straight face and a subtle wink. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind purports to be about the CIA exploits of game-show producer Chuck Barris (Sam Rockwell). But as the director says, "This is a guy who's blurring reality with fantasy. And his reality is game shows." So Clooney plays games with the viewer's head. At the beginning, Chuck joins a guided tour in the Rockefeller Center lobby, runs off to apply for a job there and in a wink is leading a tour...