Word: grinning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Hello," he confirmed, with a polyurethane grin. "My name's Ron Smithies, from the Lawrenceville School...
...knowledge of physical chemistry. Lying is permissable, because no one will ever know the difference if you can effectively fake it. Make pronouncements about everything. Wear a lot of preppie clothes; LaCoste shirts and khaki pants are recommended. Topsiders are passe. Scoff at naive enthusiasm with a knowing, sardonic grin. Categorically refuse to be excited or amused by anything except yourself. Potential hazard: everyone will hate your guts. In many cases, that's exactly what you want, because they'll never bother you again, and that's what you want...
...slightly easier problem is confronted in A Little Romance, the new film starring Diane Lane. Lane has a dizzying breadth of untroubled brow, a braces-just-came-off prettiness and a shy grin...
...shop owner, addressing my question of how life has changed under the new pro-Soviet regime, replies that the John Wayne movies have gone. In eastern Turkey, when I tell a nomad I am from America, he reaches to his side in a mock draw and with a big grin exclaims. "John Wayne!" Now. back in the U.S.. a South African tourist asks me if I know that John Wayne is dead. He heard the news from a Frenchman...
...parking tickets he has accumulated since last August. His violations: parking illegally during rush hour, in front of a fire hydrant and twice in no-parking zones. It was the second booting for Jordan. The first was in December 1977. Jordan offered no excuses. Said he with an abashed grin: "I paid those tickets just as soon as they told me about them...