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...before the State of the Union address. Will Karzai be a guest at the speech? Presidential spokesman Ari Fleischer refused to comment, saying, "You'll have to watch the speech." But one White House staff member was less circumspect. "I can't say," he replied after a pause. "Wink, wink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heads Of State: Bush's Mystery Guest For State of the Union | 1/28/2002 | See Source »

...almost started to smile because I was like, 'Wow, that's the voice Hackman uses when he gets mad that I've heard so much.' So it didn't get the intended effect." In the end, though, Wilson acquits himself nicely, making good use of his ability to wink at the audience without appearing self-conscious. "You have got to be s_____ing me!" he hollers after an elaborate, aborted rescue attempt. It's a cry of agony, but with Wilson's expertly put-upon delivery, it's also funny. In that moment he admits the movie's implausibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Lone Star Rising | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

...certain time the view was that junior faculty did their time, left and came back,” he says. “[But] It’s not like a I have a letter from Jeremy Knowles saying ‘So long, farewell, wink, wink...

Author: By Rachel E. Dry, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Just the Tenured of Us | 11/29/2001 | See Source »

...very good joke—unfunny and insensitive, in light of the death toll from inhalation anthrax, four dead and counting. Black humor never inspires belly laughs, though; at best, it exacts sardonic smiles or nervous giggles. Its virtue lies elsewhere—in helping us say, with ironic wink and smile, what we cannot say in earnest...

Author: By Phoebe M. W. kosman, | Title: Important Enough to be a target | 11/13/2001 | See Source »

...Vice President and other top aides on the state of the American economy. Lately, Lindsey has barely been able to get a word out of his mouth before the President starts giving him grief. "When are you gonna bring me some good news, Lawrence?" Bush asks with a wink or a grin. "Any good news today, Lawrence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is This Your Father's Recession? | 9/17/2001 | See Source »

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