Word: nod
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During audition week in September, it’s easy to spot an a capella singer by the dark circles under his eyes and the tendency to nod off in class...
Maybe it won’t surprise anyone that Aesop Rock has crafted another album long on artistry and skill. What is truly impressive is that Bazooka’s fanged edges still manage to make your head nod, even as your brain throbs. —Michael S. Hoffman
Churrascarias are essentially glorified Brazilian barbecues. When you sit down, a brief nod tells the staff you know the drill: all-you-can-eat for a $19 fee. Vast skewers of various kinds of meat are circulated throughout the evening, and diners can hail down passing rump steak and pork loin as if they were vacant taxis. The attentive waiters and waitresses slice the meat onto your plate and will continue to do so until you—very firmly—instruct them to cease and desist. It’s a competitive eating race—the winner...
...Tigers' sole nod to their lameness was hiring Mike Veeck, the son of Bill Veeck, the Hall of Fame owner who organized the disco-album bonfire at Comiskey Park in the '70s, to do their promotions. So they did have Duct Tape Night, Magic Night with illusionist Aaron Radatz, a Christian concert after an Angels game and Baseball Card Blitz, where kids under 15 got to trample one another on a field littered with 50,000 packs of baseball cards. But Veeck didn't go far enough. First of all, he should have removed the Tigers from those baseball-card...
...after starter Andy Smith sprained the MCL in his left knee—suffering the exact same injury that sidelined the junior last year—Johnson was told last Wednesday that he would get the starting nod...