Word: grinning
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...with triumph. “I understand!”He quickly erased what was written, gave her the chalk, and got up from the table. Felicity wrote, “Y...Y...Y.”The Prince gave what he hoped would look like a wolfish grin. “W?” he scribbled. “W?”She seized the chalk from him with one hand and gripped his bicep with the other. “T...M...N,” she traced, with an unsteady hand.He looked straight into...
...wash, where masked youths, looking like bandits, had drawn water out of the cloudy current by hose. They seemed friendly enough, but as our stationary convoy began attracting curious eyes, our bodyguards said it was time to move. "We are in the war," Sami reminded us, his grin a mix of humor and utter seriousness in the rearview mirror. In a second, we were off again, dust flying, as the muffled voice of the lead driver came in over the radios: "Go, go, go! Don't anyone stop!" It may be easier to drive out of Baghdad now, but danger...
...midst of fiscal crisis, as Wall Street crumbles and our friends grasp frantically at disappearing internships, we can’t wipe the grin off our faces. Now those perky i-bankers with their interview jackets and heels will have to live like we always knew we would. We’ll ride the bus together to our low-paying jobs and swap budget-saving coupons. That will teach them to put money before passion...
...ambition," says chamber of commerce head Bob Morgan. "We have a serious chip on our shoulder. We don't want to be No. 2 to anybody." Civic leaders often compare their city to New York, Chicago, and even London. On Sept. 11, 2001, McCrory notes, with a sly grin, that local banks swiftly evacuated their skyscrapers: "Everyone in Charlotte assumed we were next...
...could have mentioned guns and religion more," Downer said with a grin of his own, "but with that wonderful grin, she successfully contrasted Obama's vision and record with McCain's vision and record, and the GOP compares favorably on these matters...