Word: snickering
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...sure, when Jimmy Stewart flickered across the screen, there was no great transformation in the crowd; derisive comments and the occasional snicker could still be heard from time to time. When Jimmy went on a rampage, punching out the members of the press who had misrepresented his wholesome comments, a general disbelief could be felt in the air; and in the dramatic pause after he had been abused to his face by those same cynical reporters, when his whole face was trembling with anger and disillusionment, the guy behind us could be heard murmuring, in perfect Jimmy tones...
...some parts of the business community, the Administration's interest in the achievements of America's corporations doesn't pass the snicker test. "Chalk it up to election-year politics," says Martin Regalia, vice president for economic policy for the Chamber of Commerce. "They have to have a conference to make up for going so far out on a limb to criticize the business community...
...attain it, and still others are picked out almost at random by DAVID LETTERMAN. When DICK ASSMAN sold his Saskatchewan gas station and went to work for the one across the street, it was noted in a modest ad in the local paper. Somehow, the ad--and Assman's snicker-inducing name--was brought to Letterman's attention. An appearance on the Late Show ensued--as did an agent, some commercials, a couple of marriage proposals and a name-recognition factor in Canada of 49%, according to a local polling concern, which means that Assman is better known...
...seen criminal lunacy of this kind on the screen before. What's most effective about the new Kiss of Death is Tucci's marvelously slimy prosecutor. This character was once a symbol of society's rectitude. Now he's as hard and amoral as the gangsters, someone we snicker at knowingly. He, and our reaction to him, may be the scariest thing about this movie-scarier than Cage's performance. Or the good reviews for Caruso's nonperformance...
...World Cup sportscasters snicker when they suggest a tiring player did not have "enough days off," here's why: two researchers in Israel have studied 36 male Israeli football players and have established the optimum period of sexual abstinence for peak athletic performance. Complicating life for coaches, athletes and their partners, the interlude varies with a player's position on the field. Forwards, who expend extra energy and aggression, should refrain from sexual activity for six to eight days before a game. Defenders and goalies, who require less physical energy on the playing field, need only curtail bedroom sports three...