Word: waistband
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Next Kim climbed the stairs to his own office, stuck a pistol in his waistband and returned to the dining room. He listened silently while Cha lambasted...
...This is a security man," said Melling. "Give him your guns and grenades and let's finish this." Their hands were trembling; Melling reached out and disarmed the pair. As they were led away, he remembered that Mohammed had kept a second gun in the back of his waistband. Melling called the group back and retrieved...
This bullying attack convinced the judges to give Norton the nod in a verdict as tight as the waistband on Jerry Quarry's shorts. The three judges could give a fighter an edge in only six rounds they scored...
Wolfe still has a wonderful ability to turn a phrase--"jivemonger," "he went with some trepidation and with his resentment tucked into his waistband like a .38" That's a wonderful phrase--is that a resentment in your pocket or are you just glad to see me. One gets the feeling that Wolfe is a careful craftsman, that he works hard at writing. A collection of random pieces of journalism often shows how hard it is to keep the same pet phrases that you used ten months ago for an Esquire piece out of the new one you're writing...
...issues. In the Caribbean crisis, Roche has responded in the same way, dismissing simple conceptions of the imperialist and the poor black victim as "cartoon strips." The largest generalization he is willing to make is that when a professional black man's belly begins to bulge out over his waistband, he has been lost to the ruling class. In place of the cartoon strips of large identifiable oppressors and victims, Roche creates a "fragile" world of vague definitions, where no change is best...