Word: nod
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...Saturday's contest against Penn, Gellert earned his first starting nod this season. He only scored two points in the game, but his aggressive defense helped the Crimson stay within striking distance of the Quakers early...
...admittedly unconvincing promise of "cool, reasonably priced uniforms," none of my friends want to join my army. But who needs an army, anyway? If I do it alone--no allies, no armies, no diplomacy, just me, mano a mano, Rambo-style--they'll have to give me the nod over the other world leaders of the century...
...task of getting the ball to the forwards falls on Harvard's bevy of guards. Freshman Jen Monti will get the nod at point guard for the third and fourth times this season as sophomore Lisa Kowal remains sidelined with continued breathing difficulty...
...said very little. In the still, blank autumn afternoons like these, our silence abetted the season. One of us would open with some typically male, moderately hearty greeting; the other would follow with an observation about essentially nothing, like the lowering sky; the other would grunt or nod; John would pedal away, and that would be that...
...Republican Party has long struggled to show its sensitive side. Self-appointed pundits of pathos, from Bill Bennett to Arianna Huffington to Lamar Alexander, have tried to teach the party the sharing-caring nod, but loosening up the body language hasn't worked. And now that the party has made a black "compassionate conservative" one of its headliners, Republican leaders must deliver on the image of openness that appears on the marquee. "You can't just wear lace panties with Republican business suits," says G.O.P. consultant Alex Castellanos. "You have to actually help people...