Word: pose
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Journalists don't clap. For 15 years, as a writer and reporter listening to politicians speak, I'd affected the universal pose of my brethren: a slightly bored indifference, perhaps jotting down a note here and there, raising an eyebrow, riffling through the prepared text in search of a quote - but never, ever clapping...
...very deep roster and should pose a balanced attack that wears an opponent out and frustrates them with no one clear superstar to focus on. The only question mark for the team is in goal, where there is no clear No. 1 between Matt Underhill, Ian Burt and Chris Gartman. Underhill and Burt platooned last year, but neither really impressed so Gartman will get a chance to compete for starter minutes...
Colgate may find itself at times in a bit of a shootout as, aside from senior Cory Murphy (10, 18), it has a very inexperienced defense that could strain goalie Jason LeFevre. But it shouldn't pose too much of a problem in conference play...
...piece featured said remote controled 18-wheeler rolling across the stage with lights flashing. And things only got better as the twangy sounds of a George Jones somebody-done-me-wrong song rolled out and a woman in a flowing red dress and pumps struck a dramatic pose onstage. I checked my program again because I thought that Mark Morris was performing this piece. Sure enough, that was Morris himself in drag. The result was hilarious and yet oddly dignified as he strutted around the stage...
...Clinton, of course, has been visibly chafing under restrictions like these for a while. (Another possible reason for that spread-legged Esquire cover pose.) And it's gotta hurt him to be hidden in the hustings while George W. Bush (whose father will be proudly trotted out in the campaign's last days) has somehow turned a smart, successful prosperity veep into Richard Nixon...