Word: winking
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...that Berlin was the only guest not present, and exchanged meaningful glances. Later that morning, when he arrived at the breakfast table, they looked at him inquiringly. "Yes, the same old story," Berlin said with a mournful nod. "Took three Nembutals last night and didn't catch a wink...
...protect the honor of the fire department, no inspector was ever allowed to certify an unsafe burner or to wink at a leaky tank; contractors were forced to comply with the law before a bribe was accepted. If a contractor refused to pay, nobody threatened him; the collector simply waited for cold weather to jar him into paying...
...first, John Divine relaxes. During a session of shuffleboard in a heavy sea, Divine's eye roves toward the scuppers and the slit of open space under the lifeboats. In that instant, he sees "a billowing of pink goods" slither over the side, and for "half an awful wink that pinkness seemed ... to have folds like legs and corners like tiny clutching hands...
...fable short. What does it all mean? A satire on imperialism, perhaps, with Ti-Coyo symbolizing the native opportunist? Clement Richer, a nonpolitical fellow who describes himself as a misanthrope, is wise enough not to say; all that can be seen is his literary eye closing in a wink...
...expected to sit in at meetings lasting from three to ten hours. Soon, to keep going, he was taking five injections of glucose a month. Said Yuan to a Communist reporter: "From last December until May, I slept only three hours a day, sometimes five hours, sometimes not a wink except a nap over the desk...