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Ulyate made no comment but his face showed what he thought of poking ropes over lions' heads with poles, and of course these were the lions of fifty years ago, not the gentler ones of today, and this one was angry, with good reason.
She was going to keep on scheming, poking, prodding, suggesting, and dictating until the cops got up enough interest in him to go back to their old neighborhood and ask questions.
At the lycée in Rennes when he was 15, he led of a group of boys who devoted much time and energy to poking fun at their well-meaning, but obese and incompetent physics teacher, a man named Hébert.
Finally, Ralph discovered that leaning backwards in the water with ski tips up and poking out of the water at the tip was optimal.
The black minstrel performer was not only poking fun at himself but in a more profound way, he was poking fun at the white man.
On 27 September 1950 installment, the audience was treated to a surprise --- Colman himself had written the script, poking a little fun at himself at the finish when he himself gave the episode's credits.
Martin played a satiric variation of his own womanizing persona as Vegas singer " Dino " in Billy Wilder's comedy Kiss Me, Stupid ( 1964 ) with Kim Novak, and he was not above poking fun at his image in films such as the Matt Helm spy spoofs of the 1960s, in which he was a co-producer.
In an autobiography of Lamarr written in later years, she insists that all sexual activity in the film was simulated ; the orgasm achieved using " method acting reality .” The authenticity of passion was attained by the film director ’ s off-screen manipulation of a safety pin strategically poking her bottom.
Memin says " and this one is really a work that also the afroamerican really want to do " poking fun on the 2005 comment of President Fox, but probably also telling the irony over the fact that an afroamerican is currently the president of the United States ( and that the latest issue of Memin Pinguin in USA was called Memin for President ).
He hated lifeless, anemic playing and was not above poking a bow into a student's ribs, demanding more " krov.
The most striking dynamic in this small sample were the parents ’ contradictory attitude to the boy ’ s problem: a worried preoccupation with the genitals — constant poking, checking, and medical exams — conjoined with blatant denial that anything was wrong.
He found that one way to enhance his pitches was to extemporize his commercials, poking fun at the sponsors ( while never showing disrespect for the products themselves ), the sponsors ' company executives, and advertising agency types who wrote the scripted commercials that he regularly ignored.
The entire catch ( including seven types of fish ) was baked into a pie, which had the fish heads poking through to prove that there were fish inside.
With the brawl in full motion, Barnaby jumped to his skates to punish Garth Snow, goaltender of the Flyers, who was poking Barnaby with his stick while the referees weren't looking.
In the early 20th century, for example, it was the vehicle of satirical sketches poking fun at Portuguese authorities.
Probably the dream was poking fun at how many writers use the sloppy ending of " it was all a dream " to bring a story to a close, as was done in stories such as Alice in Wonderland.
Therefore, the concerto was poking fun at his constant mood swings.

was and fun
That was a fun one ''.
It was fun for me, all right.
That was gonna be fun collecting!!
It was much more fun, reminding the girls of their old carefree days in the Hasseltine frolics room at Bradford.
He was a wiry, inscrutable, silent country boy from the red clay of rural Alabama, and he spoke with the broad drawl that others normally make fun of.
I was also publicly reprimanded, dragged through the mud by the radical press and made a figure of fun by such leftist publications as The New Republic, The New Yorker, Time and The Christian Science Monitor.
and buggies and wagons and chugging Fords kept gathering all morning, until the edges of the field were packed thick and small boys kept scampering out on the playing field to make fun of the visitors -- whose pitcher was a formidable looking young man with the only baseball cap.
My hotel rooms on the trip were arranged by Masu and the Japan Travel Bureau and were more elegant than I would have chosen, but it was fun for once to be elegant -- I did explain to the students, however, that this was not my usual style, for their salaries are very small, and it seemed out of place for me to be housed so well.
Everything was in an exciting turmoil -- full of anticipation and fun.
He had retained his hat and his horn, and, whatever fun might still be going, he was ready to join it.
But it was fun those first days, kidding about the trail of garments he left littered across the rug.
According to Capp ’ s longtime friend Milton Caniff, Capp was “ charming ” when he chose to be, but he added,He could be very difficult if he didn ’ t like you .” Frank Frazetta described Capp as " exasperating, infuriating, domineering, obnoxious, loud, lots of fun, acidic and lovable.
Other times he was a lot of fun to be around.
" In the same interview Frances said: " I never even thought of it as being a fraud – it was just Elsie and I having a bit of fun and I can't understand to this day why they were taken in – they wanted to be taken in.
He stated that it was as fun as it was in its initial release, and praised the ability to rewind to any point before the player died.
Benton had professed beliefs in theistic satanism during Deicide's early years, claimed to slaughter rodents for fun, and that he held beliefs in demonic possession and that he was possessed.
It was an important survival skill making use of what materials were available and may still be used today in emergencies or for fun as part of the transfer of traditional knowledge between generations.
However, this was soon changed to FUDGE for " Free-form Universal Donated Gaming Engine ", but also because the word invoked connotations of an easy to make source of fun.
The sport began as something that was played for fun as a pastime at schools.
In Swedish, the word " rolig " means " fun " ( as in " It was a fun party "), while in the closely related languages Danish and Norwegian it means " calm " ( as in " he was calm despite all the furor around him ").

was and at
He found that if he was tired enough at night, he went to sleep simply because he was too exhausted to stay awake.
Dawn would come soon and the night was at its coldest.
And he was fleeing, running -- fleeing his death and his life at the same time.
Then he was on his way at a gallop.
He scuttled in shadow along the east wall of the stockade and then followed the south wall until he was at the rear of the two frame buildings.
A man was standing in the open door of the lighted orderly room a few yards to Mike's left, but he, too, suddenly made up his mind and went racing to join the confused activity at the east end of the stockade.
Next to him was a young boy I was sure had sat near me at one of the trading sessions.
She had picked up the quirt and was twirling it around her wrist and smiling at him.
I was nearly thirty at the time.
only the counter at one end was lighted by a long fluorescent tube suspended directly above it.
I was at once disappointed, although just what I had expected him to look like I could not have explained.
This desire, I went on, growing voluble as my conviction was aroused, had mounted at such a rate recently that I now found its realization necessary not only to my physical but also to my spiritual wellbeing.
Facing the forest now, she who had not dared to enter it before, walked between two trees at random and headed in what she believed was the direction of the pool.
She regarded them as signs that she was nearing the glen she sought, and she was glad to at last be doing something positive in her unenunciated, undefined struggle with the mountain and its darkling inhabitants.
laughing at a dying man, laughing as a man was beaten to death.
He'd started a fire and put coffee on, and now was busy at the work board of his chuck wagon.
Hank had gathered wood for a cookfire, and his wife was busy at it now.
Tom Horn was soon back at work, giving his secret employers their money's worth.
Haying time was close at hand, and they needed some strong branches to repair a hay rack.
`` It was Brenner's idea '', Jess mumbled, dabbing at his nose.
Seeing them waiting there at the foot of Emigrant Rock was so overwhelming that, for a good minute after they rounded the bend and started down the grade leading toward them, Matilda could not speak at all.

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