Word: winked
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Gorbachev was at the top of his form as a master of human interaction. He has elevated eye contact and hand gestures to an art form, using both not just for emphasis but also for nuance: a little wink when he wants his listeners to join him in a smile, a rabbit chop or a wagging finger when he wants them to remember who is boss. His probing, dark brown eyes are constantly scanning his listeners, looking by turns stern, quizzical, amused, playful. When eyes meet, they both challenge and hint at shared confidences. Whatever lies nearby -- a fountain...
...turtle wearing a ninja mask and carrying a katana blade. The idea of a slowpokey turtle as a swift and wily ninja cracked them up. By the end of the evening the artists had created four tortoises. Eastman quickly christened them the Ninja Turtles, but then, in an absurdist wink at two of the most popular themes in comic books at the time, Laird lengthened the name to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. That night's work was to make them millionaires...
...potential departure of one-third of the junior members of the English Department is shameful. And the fact that Harvard continues to wink at such crises without acknowledging the systemic problems at their root is evidence of the torpor which has taken hold at the top of this institution...
...think so, all history is gossip. By that definition, Liz Smith is one of America's premier historians. From Palm Beach, Fla., to Santa Barbara, Calif., via her syndicated column and New York City television show, she catalogs the follies and the triumphs of the famous, able in the wink of a cliche to make careers and unwrap reputations. Some folks can't wait to lap up her latest morsels; others think she ought to have her typewriter confiscated. "She has the power to get people to pay attention," says 60 Minutes' Mike Wallace, who is both friend and frequent...
...commentary for Dan Rather, she joined the Reagan Administration in 1984 because "I felt like Mr. Roberts -- I was missing the war!" But even as her speechwriting success won her greater entree to Reagan, he remained characteristically aloof and impenetrable. Like a teenager in swoon, Noonan treasured each presidential wink; when Reagan wrote "Very Good" on a speech, Noonan taped the words to her blouse as a badge of honor. Yet when a burned- out Noonan left the White House in 1986, her nemesis, chief of staff Don Regan, denied her the courtesy of a farewell chat with the President...