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...center of things Spike and Mary Lou were the focus of attention. Shake, Baby, Shake, Et Cetera, Et Cet-er-a, Back and forth. Back and forth, Jitterbug, jitterbug, jailhouse rock. Do-wah... Do-wah... Diddy... Diddy... "Wow, Spike, you sure can move!!" "Yeah." The band stopped. A satisfied drop of perspiration rolled off the end of Spike's nose. Mary Lou sighed...
When the last Justice walks in (it is considered discourteous to be even a minute late), the oak door is shut. By long tradition, the Justices then shake hands all around. Two guards are posted in the anteroom to ensure that the proceedings are undisturbed. If contact with the outside world is necessary, William Rehnquist, the junior Justice, will open the door slightly to hand out or receive a written message...
...Nixon was in seclusion last week. Well, not quite. While isolated at Camp David, far from importunate visitors, children with gifts, and ambassadors with credentials, he received a steady stream of Washington officials delivered by helicopter: Cabinet chiefs, agency heads, White House aides. In pursuit of his plan to shake up the stubborn, slow-moving federal bureaucracy, he was starting with his own men. He wanted their ideas on how to make the Government more responsive to presidential command; he also wanted to discuss their futures, which in some cases are not going to be in Government. Each guest huddled...
...week's end the President escaped from his conspicuous isolation and flew to New York City with his family and close friend Charles ("Bebe") Rebozo. He visited his old law firm, now called Mudge Rose Guthrie & Alexander, and left his motorcade to shake hands along Wall Street. "I'm bullish on America," he said. In the evening, he attended a performance of Much Ado About Nothing-not at all intended as any kind of comment on his week in the Maryland Hills...
...there is no shortage of icons for sale. Many churches, closed during antireligious drives, were simply abandoned to the mercies of weather and thieves. Some icon dealers-one of them is known as "Sasha the Psycho" because his hands shake nervously when he calls on his customers late at night-simply pillage empty or unguarded churches. Others tour the countryside in search of icons, claiming to be museum officials or priests. Many Muscovites seem to feel that the icon racketeers unwittingly perform a service for Russia. Since the state has been negligent in preserving a heritage, the argument goes...