| 单词 | spiel |
| 例句 | All those Columbia experts can spiel all they want about the delicious satire; they’re crazy. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Bob Presto was giving his spiel: “Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready for a truly electrifying experience?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Clifton's voice came to me as he spieled his directions for making it dance, and I held it by the feet and stretched its neck, seeing it crumple and slide forward. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I was half through my spiel, the last person was walking away. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z So, when Mrs. Prejudiced Cantrell opened her door, Jennifer began her spiel about poor kids in China and her school's fundraiser. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Not until we’re all sitting out onstage and Caesar Flickerman, hair and face highlighted in lavender this year, has done his opening spiel and the tributes begin their interviews. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He sat there and doodled with his blue pencil on a tablet, listening to me spiel to him for three or four minutes before he got a word in. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while of filming my front door—brown, wooden, three rectangular windows at the top, nothing special, really—they went and did their spiel on the sidewalk. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He’d been about to go into his spiel about how he wasn’t the warrior, but then what? Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Rabi, who believed they were making a social call, was surprised to hear them launch into a promotional spiel for a huge program to develop a hydrogen bomb. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z So I’m a little flustered as I go into my spiel about cutting back my homework, and during it Ms. Rucker’s expression never cracks. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z While her hug felt real, that little spiel didn’t. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z A clipped, insinuating voice spieled words whose meaning I couldn't catch and I was about to pass on when I saw the boy. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z This was probably the first chance he had got to spiel these ideas out to somebody. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Once the crowd settles, my mom gives her spiel and says that costumes for the talent portion will need to be approved at the same time as the rest of our wardrobe. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z And beneath the chuckles of the crowd I could hear the swishing of its ruffled paper, while the same out-of-the-corner-of-the-mouth voice continued to spiel: Shake it up! Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll be here. You’ve got to get him into view of my laptop cam before doing your spiel. We need to get a frontal view on tape.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He must have hated me behind his spiel, yet he'd ignored me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he jumped right into this aggressive spiel about how he was fully aware Stan's hadn’t been the only death premonition I’d experienced. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I turn, ready to give my usual spiel—Monday afternoons in the art room, we cover all kinds of justice and gender issues, blah, blah, blah. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I tapped my foot while they went through their daily spiel. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I was about to give her my whole one-kiss-not- equaling-a-relationship spiel and to explain that I didn’t want to blow it out of proportion, but I stopped myself. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Whether the drinkers are whales or minnows, merchants are finding that nothing catches them like a romantic spiel. In Las Vegas, a Good Story Helps Sell Expensive Sakes 2011-02-02T05:40:04Z The two of us began reducing vegetables into small sauté-able cubes as I gave my spiel. The crawfish bisque recipe that charmed a sledgehammer-wielding drag queen 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z This wasn’t just your typical “happily ever after” spiel. The Wedding That Wasn’t Sad 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Again and again, I recited my spiel over a soundtrack of coughing and an occasional unsilenced mobile device. A Virtual-Reality Program to Conquer the Fear of Public Speaking 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z “At the first meeting with the writers’ group, I gave a really cheesy spiel about how I actually care about independent films and would love to celebrate the beginnings of all of that.” Aubrey Plaza Would Definitely Host the Oscars 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z TV commercials for virility or antidepressant medications often devote most of their two-minute spiels to describing the awful incidental maladies that may befall the pill-taker. Side Effects: One Pill Makes You Murder 2013-02-08T05:01:30Z “We wanted to create something that was very much keeping with Kiss,” says Stanley, who began his spiel with a vulgar joke that landed with a thud. A football team in Kiss’s own image: ‘We want to envelop you and pummel you’ When I started going into my spiel — yeah, I’m on the front lines now, in the first-responder club — they cut me off. Perspective | I work in a grocery store. Am I a hero now? 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z At Mount Vernon, guides were stationed throughout the mansion tour, repeating one-minute spiels as dozens of visitors shuffled past, pausing briefly for questions before starting their spiel again. Two Virginia estates central to George Washington’s life share little common ground 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z But for all the passion and validity of Mr. Sundberg’s spiel, the internet isn’t going away — which is fine by Robert Marks. How the Concierge Endures in an Internet World 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z In a seedy rooming house apartment, as one man rehearses his three-card monte spiel — “watch me close, watch me close now” — Abraham Lincoln arrives with Chinese takeout. Review: In ‘Topdog/Underdog,’ Staying Alive Is the Ultimate Hustle 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z The spiel peppers both his lyric writing and his conversation. XTC: 'Is there a place in rock'n'roll for a Princess Anne lookalike?' – a classic feature from the vaults 2013-01-23T13:09:00Z Jeremy Fox, the executive chef and an owner, expected that most diners would pass judgment on the dish, which was being introduced that night in July, well before the server’s spiel was done. The Evolution of a Restaurant Dish, From Vision to Revision 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z The speech was an angrier variation of the populist spiel he had given many times before, in which he insisted that the news should always be frank and unpretentious. ‘Succession’ Season 4, Episode 8 Recap: The Will of Some People 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Once he had changed the menu, servers gave the “small plates meant for sharing” spiel. Small Plates Grow Up 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z After a spiel about education in Letter 88, for example, he wraps up with: Better Living Through Stoicism, From Seneca to Modern Interpreters 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z In both of these real-time spiels on a small, nearly bare stage he vividly shows the deep reluctance of his characters to complain while also building steam around the pressures that drive them to snap. Review | Milligan’s health-care monologues give voice to patient and doctor 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z The next day he repeated more or less the same spiel before Terry Semel, co-chairman of the board of trustees and a former chairman of Warner Brothers and Yahoo. The Ascension of Peter Zumthor 2011-03-13T05:00:20Z She immediately launched into a spiel about why Biden is the best candidate for president: his character, his integrity, his record of getting things done. After a ‘gut punch’ in Iowa, a surreal feeling surrounds Biden’s campaign 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z We’ve all heard the “win, win, win” spiel; throw a steak! Somehow, Donald Trump reaches a new low: Trump campaign ad features Hillary barking, Putin doing karate 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z “Homecoming is a safe space for you to reflect on your service and think about what comes next” is the spiel. “Homecoming,” Reviewed: Julia Roberts in the Heavy Weather of a Late-Capitalist Dystopia 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Apparently also, I was supposed to give them a little spiel on the art and practice of putting out a Sunday magazine. Perspective | With embarrassing stories like these, he belongs on Mount Blushmore 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z His seminar, “Kamikaze: An All-Out Attack on Success,” sounds pitched at about the same level as Tom Cruise’s men’s rights spiel in “Magnolia.” ‘Billions’ Season 2, Episode 8: New Money, Old Rules 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z That’s not decoration; it’s built into the story of Booth, a would-be three-card-monte hustler practicing his spiel, and his brother, Lincoln, who gets paid to impersonate his presidential namesake. Best Theater of 2022 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z In a scripted welcome before the curtain, Ken Davenport, the lead producer and a co-author of the book, delivers a supercharged spiel that bodes ill — and begins with a whopper. Review: Familiar Rock Dreams in ‘Gettin’ the Band Back Together’ 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z I had my spiel prepared for the sonographer – “a bit anxious” … “four miscarriages”. My four miscarriages: why is losing a pregnancy so shrouded in mystery? 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z His spiel on Trump has blossomed into hyperbolic boosterism that borders on sycophancy. Greg Gutfeld has risen to the top at Fox News — and that’s no joke 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z You have heard his spiels about this or that icon, so glamorous in her New Look silks. 2010-01-28T08:06:00Z "To go to Vietnam, we know," I interrupted, able to recite by heart the spiel he shared each High Holy day. Why my father fasted on Yom Kippur: On survival, memory, and the power of a family story 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z He was wearing an unnaturally luxuriant red wig, and his spiel consisted of slating rival hairpiece suppliers. I thought about a wig and tried a comb-over. But now I’m bald and proud 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z After years as a starving dramatist, with "just enough success to keep me suckered," Black began doing impromptu spiels, inspired by current events, at a New York theater cabaret he ran with friends. Lewis Black talks pollen, politics and his play at ACT Theatre 2012-06-07T20:49:04Z Carrie Ann tried to fake her out by giving her the whole “this is the halfway point in the competition” spiel but ended by giving her a standing ovation. 'Dancing with the Stars' Watch: Chaos Rules on The Switch Up 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z When he’s asked about the “cure,” he uncorks a jargon-laden spiel about weaponized diseases being used to fight weaponized diseases and a vague conclusion that humanity will be able to “fight fire with fire.” The Walking Dead Watch: 'No Sanctuary' 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z His brutal work done, von Holzhausen fled the stage, leaving Musk to stew his way through the rest of his spiel, the cracked exterior of his latest creation looming in the frame behind him. The Best Jokes of 2019 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z She climbed the steps to the top of the platform, listened to a safety spiel from the attendant and then turned around to give a thumbs up to the security camera mounted on the wall. Remi Wolf Turns Bedroom Pop Into Hypercolored Explosions 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z We overhear the Russian gallery guides delivering their spiel, and are interrupted by the gallery guides in Cardiff. New world disorder at Artes Mundi 2010-03-22T22:30:00Z His largely improvised spiel explains the play’s origins in a time of plague — around 1605 — and under the influence of King James’s obsession with the supernatural. Review: In a New ‘Macbeth,’ Something Wonky This Way Comes 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Settling into a recording booth to do the usual spiel, he begins, “In a world where laughter was king” — only to be cut off by a director on the other side of the glass. Hal Douglas, 89, Superstar of Movie Trailer Narrators, Dies 2014-03-13T04:34:31Z Gemma’s whole “confession is for the confessor” spiel to Juice was as touching as it was sociopathic. 'Sons of Anarchy' Season 7 premiere: Jax's final ride will be bloody 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Around the Kohler properties, there are no sales spiels, no price tags. As lifestyle brands enter the hospitality business, hotel rooms double as showrooms 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Then Ms. Dierbeck, dressed in a black puffy coat and red earflapped hat, read a short passage from her book, chosen to sound as much like a spiel as possible. ArtsBeat: Anti-Corporate Agitation at Barnes & Noble 2010-12-08T03:04:00Z It also showed just how vital a good marketing spiel was. TV Review: Victorian Pharmacy 2010-07-16T05:45:00Z If it sounds like the spiel you get at management training seminars, it is. Sue Arnold's audio book choice 2010-03-20T00:06:00Z Near the end of the sketch, as Farley reaches the pinnacle of his deranged spiel, he trips and flings himself face down on a coffee table. The Big, Funny, Tragic Life of Chris Farley 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Back at home, that husband, “Clark,” a man who was, in reality, Philip Jennings, a Russian spy, began spooling out the usual hypnotic, reassuring spiel about their bright future as soul mates. “The Americans” Is Too Bleak, and That’s Why It’s Great 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z “Infinite” ends with a pop-psych spiel about how every new story is a chance at hope and possibility. ‘Infinite’ Review: Stuck in a Loop 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z When you become a parent for the first time in our culture you are almost invariably told the following things, often by the same people, often in the same spiel: I’m terrified that he’ll inherit my brokenness: Living through postpartum depression as a dad 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z He then launches swiftly into the usual spiel about legality, Resolution 1441, his desire to avoid a war by going through the "UN route" and the horror of Saddam. Jack Straw: 'I didn't have a nervous breakdown, but I was close to one' 2012-09-29T23:07:05Z Often that spiel is delivered on doctor shows or lawyer shows, but on “Industry,” which premieres Monday on HBO, it happens in an elite investment bank in London. Review: ‘Industry’ Is a Familiar Story, but With More Zeros 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z So don’t give me this spiel, because it’s fake. In ‘Unstable,’ the Sins of the Father Are Comedy Gold 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z But the skippers and their spiels — corny jokes and bad puns, the cringier the better — have been the real stars of the Jungle Cruise attraction since the first one opened at Disneyland in 1955. No Lion, the Skipper Is the Real King of the Jungle Cruise 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Wednesday listens to the spiel but smells weakness. American Gods recap: season one, episode five – David Bowie rules the world 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z They nod politely at my spiel about Brixton market and its finest haunts, and then disregard the lot, reaching into their luggage to pluck out treats from back home. Global leftovers: what Airbnb guests bring to your fridge 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Jeff Whittall, the medical consultant for Semester at Sea, said before the ships leave port, students hear a spiel about seasickness prevention. What causes seasickness — and what to do about it 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Even among Chinese designers, the implicit pressure from on high is engendering a spiel fatigue. Beijing Design Week unloads crates full of Chinese creativity 2012-10-04T16:17:52Z Soon you’ll be able to tell who’s merely reciting a marketing spiel. How our individual experience flavors the wine in our glass 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z DiCaprio – understandably – thought this was a joke and launched into the usual actor spiel about how he had prepared for the role, and what a great experience the film was. Tiffany Haddish: ‘If Meryl Streep can go to the Oscars 22 times, why can’t I?' 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z The introductory spiel for first- timers goes something like this: We cook from scratch, source locally and prep everything fresh. Cal's in Kent: Fresh, local and organic meet suburban casual | Providence Cicero 2012-01-26T21:10:05Z His closing rant felt true to the night’s mood, a characteristically tortured and self-aggrandizing spiel. ArtsBeat: Kanye West Turns Melodious and Moody at MoMA 2011-05-11T09:25:59Z Following a little spiel about Matsuhisa, an early fusion specialist, a server asks if diners would like the restaurant to cook for them, without mentioning a price. Review | At the 38th iteration of Nobu, the pretense tastes awful 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Last week an artistic leader greeted an opening-night audience with a spiel about why supporting theater is more important now than ever. In 'Adler & Gibb,' the business of art — painted with familiar brushstrokes 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z And Mr. Hall’s reverential adaptation cherishes the original screenplay’s sputtering, didactic spiels. Review: An Electrifying Bryan Cranston Is All the Rage in ‘Network’ 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z His spiel was less like a history lesson and more like — as one student called it — “Story Time with Barney Frank.” Story time: Barney Frank brings his wit and Washington wisdom to Harvard Even the prose style seems to have the incantatory beat of Bragg's mellifluous radio spiel, with descriptions rendered in rhythmic encyclopaedic lists. Grace and Mary by Melvyn Bragg – review 2013-05-19T11:00:03Z On Michelle Wolf's Netflix show "The Break," the comedian did her usual spiel of running down the news of the week and making jokes as she goes. Michelle Wolf: We can't de-stigmatize depression until we rid the pressure to seem flawless 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Get away from canned spiels and cliché tourist sites to find sides of the city not featured in brochures. Niche tours of hidden Tokyo reveal grit and history 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Religion, per se, never enters the salesmen’s private conversations and is not crucial to their spiels. When the Maysles Made a Vérité Star of a Bible Huckster 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z I won't give you my whole spiel on how dangerous it is to prescribe virtue or vice to ingredients. Will someone please just tell me WTF to put in my coffee? 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z Here's a list of my 10 favorite happy hours, drawn from a year of noshing and spieling on the bar scene. Happy Hours: The Seattle-area top 10 2010-12-23T21:39:49Z Before I get into my spiel, I have to suggest this to you: Please tell your therapist you made a suicide attempt. I’m not achieving my dreams! 2013-05-22T00:00:00Z And undoubtedly the cheesiest, as he introduces tourists to the river’s wondrous sights with a spiel overflowing with doozies. No Lion, the Skipper Is the Real King of the Jungle Cruise 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z But to be fair, I said, “Give me the spiel.” Read this before you drink wine from a can 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z An economic spiel is that of a politician speaking, and economics are always cause for dispute, despite the statistics. L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky exiting as a champion of arts 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z We begin with a whole spiel on how Julia Child wrote "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" to demystify French cooking but also "teach home cooks the proper way to do things in the kitchen." It's nostalgic to watch amateur cooks tackle Julia Child's oeuvre—but this "challenge" also irks me 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z After a while, you’ll find that the tour spiels run together. Five survival tips for visiting prospective colleges with your high-schooler 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z We see him in his most raw and confused state, naïve and sputtering, and we see him later delivering a TED Talk-like spiel. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Over the years, my spiel got shorter and shorter as truisms fell by the wayside, and my confidence waned in a field where we know less, rather than more, over time. Perspective | Here’s what the government’s dietary guidelines should really say 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z “I like that Karen just came out and said it without a big spiel. The faster the better,” Anna says to the group. How Emily Post's Heirs Built an Etiquette Monopoly 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z One such “patient,” a writer for the British newspaper The Independent, described Mr. Rakoff’s analytical spiel as follows: “ ‘Let’s look at the name. David Rakoff, Award-Winning Humorist, Dies at 47 2012-08-10T15:50:38Z In those clips, viewers can see that his confidence and spiels don’t seem all that unique. Review | Yes, it takes two Fyre Festival documentaries to fully convey how easily we’re all scammed 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Particularly wearying is Robert’s elaborate spiel about those Cool Ranch Doritos as an extended ontological metaphor. Theater Review: ‘The Vandal’ by Hamish Linklater, at the Flea Theater 2013-02-01T03:00:00Z Our vision of a con man isn’t a slick-talking guy who’s trying to win you over with a smile and good spiel. How do you humanize Bernie Madoff for an HBO movie? Simple: You don’t. 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Some of these are pretty delicious and deflate the pomposity of business spiels. Theater Review: ?Chinglish,? by David Henry Hwang, at Longacre Theater ? Review 2011-10-28T02:00:00Z Both albums feature him delivering self-actualization spiels in a husky come-hither voice, interspersed with Jones’s ontological banter with a nearly life-size puppet, outfitted in “Super Fly” threads, named T. J. Hustler. Think Tim Jones’s Cosmic R&B Is Weird? Wait Until You Meet His Dummy 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z And our server’s spiel about shellfish allergies only heightened my unease. My first taste of flesh 2013-03-12T00:00:00Z He sounds believably hurt, but only for an instant, and then he’s back to his spiel about moving on. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-03-08T07:40:00Z “You’re wrong about certain things,” Maher tells him flatly, giving examples from Milo’s own spiels: “Black Lives Matter is a hate group. There’s no such thing as white privilege.” Bill Maher’s public service: Milo Yiannopoulos isn’t ready for “Real Time” and it shows 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z But as I mulled what I would say this time, I realized it would be essentially the same spiel I had planned in 2007 — only now I knew enough to mean it even more. We were ‘married.’ Yet the Supreme Court ruling made us want an ‘I re-do!’ 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z I tuned in thinking I would watch his opening spiel and hit the record button at about the first commercial. Emmy Awards 2016: Emmys Welcome Surprises Along With the Favorites 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z If you are Black you might think you are a friend listening for the umpteenth time to the character’s spiel. Review: It’s Just You and Me and the Modem in ‘Here We Are’ 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z At almost 40 and with little to show for it – at least according to her introductory spiel – Lyons is an underachiever. Zoe Lyons ? review 2011-03-17T09:48:58Z Nick delivers his whole spiel, telling her how much he loves her and wants to spend his life with her. 'The Bachelorette' Finale: Decision Day for Kaitlyn 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z The spiel had been repeatedly fine-tuned by the time Franks landed his gig in the late 1980s. No Lion, the Skipper Is the Real King of the Jungle Cruise 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Months ago, at my first pre-op meeting with Dr. C, he launched into a spiel about the various options available for reconstruction after my mastectomy. “Beautiful is a woman being her true self”: Why I declined reconstruction after my double mastectomy 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z Don't give me that spiel about them being good for tourism. Atheism gets funny, Victor Lewis Smith accused of joke-theft – and Michael Macintyre breaks box-office records 2013-01-08T15:11:48Z When I called Rolling Stone, for example, I started in on my usual spiel, but at the mention of “internship,” the receptionist interrupted me. Rejected: One man’s endless search for a media internship 2014-04-28T00:00:00Z Dance is what remains of the spirit of resistance, and of an essence of individuality beyond the autobiographical spiels that are coerced from Ms. Murphy and Mr. O’Conor’s characters. Review: The Private Dystopias of ‘Arlington’ and ‘Rooms’ 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Whatever his story, 6 isn't buying Gandalf's "this is your home" spiel and he gets encouragement from a local waitress who also suspects there may be a world beyond The Village – EuroVillage perhaps, or VillageParcs. James Donaghy's Screen burn: The Prisoner 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z You give him a 20-minute spiel about being a commercial director, a hustler. How Ted Melfi got Bill Murray for 'St. Vincent' 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z But when the 65-year-old supervisor gives his arts spiel, he is the man speaking. L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky exiting as a champion of arts 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z They are also a garrulous couple, given to long spiels of self-justification and self-laceration. Review: A Put-Upon Nanny Erupts in Todd Solondz’s ‘Emma and Max’ 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Taken aback by his angry voice, I begin a long whirlaround spiel by giving context to his question. Twyla Tharp on the Road: Shut Up and Dance 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z As the bus starts to move, she launches into her spiel, which includes reminding us to tag our posts with #tmzselfietour. TMZ's new 'selfie' tour of Hollywood isn't just for Gen Z 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z When Engoron interjected with, "Excuse me," Trump continued his spiel, telling the judge to "hold on." "Astonishing": Experts say Trump meltdown shows why lawyers won't let him testify at criminal trials 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z “This is personal to you. This is why you do this work. Don’t give me the academic spiel — talk to me as a Black woman to a Black gay man.” You're about to hear a lot about Roger Ross Williams. He's ready for his moment 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Homburg bought two big chunks of federal land — that part was legit, at least — and started his sales spiel. Real estate, transit, oil — how early L.A. built fortunes and bred scoundrels 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z “We’ve put hundreds of millions of dollars into ethnically targeted microbes,” he said, delivering his spiel to dining companions who heard him out with increasingly evident discomfiture. Column: RFK Jr. gets around to blaming the Jews 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z He gave his usual spiel, whining, "I am being indicted for you." The writing is on the wall for Lindsey Graham 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z I launched into a spiel about the situation. The unwanted Uber Eats deliveries are back — and recipients are so over the free fries 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Kennedy’s spiel has become only more febrile and inflammatory over the years. Column: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a threat to your health — and our democracy 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z They place orders in the stream, never interrupting their favorite host’s spiel. The Shining Promise and Dashed Dreams of China’s Live Shopping Craze 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z He wrote a 6,000-word article for the journal Democracy on how America has misunderstood the former Fed chair, made the argument on NPR’s Planet Money and is now taking his spiel to academic gatherings. America’s Inflation Antihero Gets a Makeover 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z About the third time I restarted my eloquent spiel, she said, “Why so serious? Enjoy the ride, honey.” L.A. Affairs: I wanted to propose on Disneyland's Splash Mountain. What could go wrong? 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Some of his most loyal insiders didn't attend at all, notably, including offspring Don Jr. and Ivanka while the networks, including Fox News, cut away part way through his rambling "low-energy" spiel. Donald Trump's false start 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z He was hired to do sleight-of-hand tricks at a shop in Manhattan and later had his first writing credit, a 1946 booklet, “The Encyclopedia of Patter,” inspired by magicians’ onstage spiels. Bob Orben, comedy writer who crafted Gerald Ford’s speeches, dies at 95 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Even Trump’s longtime ally, Stephen K. Bannon, watched Trump’s spiel and moaned, “Make it stop.” Opinion | ‘Conspiracy to defraud’ is the perfect charge against the grifter Trump 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z They are suckers for the spiels of the young because they believe only the young can perceive the next new thing. Opinion | How long till people stop falling for ‘founder’ hype? 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z “After hearing Shellow’s spiel,” the magazine reported, “the lawyer told him to enjoy the sights and have a safe trip back to Milwaukee.” James M. Shellow, criminal defense lawyer and masterful cross-examiner, dies at 95 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Her daily spiel is aggressive, peppered with enticing sound bites meant to convince me that migrating south is the key to finding love. L.A. Affairs: My aunt insisted he was perfect for me. Then she tried his vegan macaroons 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z This is a farm-to-table retreat that doesn’t find it necessary to blast the theme with a long spiel from the staff or a pitchfork on the wall. Review | Manina puts an Italian spin on the Chesapeake’s bounty 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z The conversation was closer to a therapy session than a political sales spiel. Can ‘deep canvassing’ change Texas voters’ minds on abortion? 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Sen. Bernie Sanders appeared on "Meet the Press" over the weekend and gave his familiar spiel about income inequality and big corporations, suggesting that some Trump voters would be open to that argument. This election isn't about inflation or abortion. It's about whether democracy can survive 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Ms. Lopez, who works for a New York University health support program, plunged into her spiel. Fentanyl Test Strips Highlight Rift in Nation’s Struggle to Combat Drug Deaths 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z We get on a Zoom call, he tells me his whole spiel. How 3D printing could help blind researchers ‘see’ data 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z This was a textbook crypto spiel, yoking warnings about the inevitable crash of government-backed currencies to assurances of an equally inevitable rise in the value of digital currencies. Column: Shame, suicide attempts, 'financial death' — the devastating toll of a crypto firm's failure 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z I got the, “It’s not you, it’s me,” spiel: “I need time and space. I made a mistake marrying my husband, and I don’t want to make another mistake.” Advice | Carolyn Hax: ‘It’s not you,’ she said — then committed to someone else 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Spot how he deftly weaves the evocation of a pool cue’s motion into his spiel. Review | This ‘Music Man’ wins us over in sign language 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z But he might want to think about fine-tuning the spiel. Column: What $40 million can't buy: A lead in L.A. mayor's race 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Youngkin opened with a well-practiced spiel about his work to slash taxes, improve schools and wrestle the best budget possible out of a divided General Assembly. Gov. Youngkin, who ran on culture wars, takes cautious approach to Pride 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z He launched into his spiel, explaining how labels within the Democratic Party — liberal, progressive, moderate, Blue Dog — shouldn’t matter in this special race to “uphold democracy.” He's young, Black and ambitious. Can he nab Devin Nunes' old House seat for Democrats? 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z “I’d be happy to entertain questions,” he said after finishing his spiel before Powhatan’s GOP Committee members that April evening. A GOP chairman helped elect Rep. Bob Good. Now he’s running against him. 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z The most popular topics — sociology, economics, and religion — may have been research material for the haranguers and bloviators who took to the park’s “speakers’ corner” to spiel at the passing audiences. Griffith Park is named for a guy who shot his wife — and other true stories of L.A. parks 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z We dodge census takers, petition drives and panhandlers because we doubt their spiel or we simply don’t want to be bothered. Perspective | The Twitterverse becomes Muskville 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z After all the pomp and the circumstance, the video montages and the marketing spiel dressed up as mission statements, all you can say with any certainty is that it will, when it comes, be colorful. World Cup Draw Brings Certainty. Now Comes the Hard Part. 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z “Last summer, we removed all of the gendered greetings in relationship to our live spiels,” Ms. Ware said. Disney execs in leaked video boost ‘queerness,’ ‘gay agenda,’ elimination of terms ‘boys and girls’ 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Inspired by the motivational spiel of Trader Joe’s greeters — Ha describes them as having the “ideal personality type” — he created Dreamy after grappling with the question: What is an intangible good that will sell? To ‘gift’ marijuana, D.C. companies must sell something. This one sells motivational speeches. 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z Adams finished her spiel, and Drummond told Bell he could continue. Activists face an avalanche of anti-transgender bills 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Before approaching, I gave the woman my spiel: “Kode is a shelter dog who doesn’t yet have the best social skills around his peers, even though, I believe, his intentions are good.” ‘The Driver Motioned for My Friend to Hand Over the Phone’ 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z His spiel about how this new nostalgia machine “takes us to a place where we ache to go again … to a place where we know we are loved” really hits the mark. Perspective | 20 ways of thinking about nostalgia from a year of backward listening 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z But winning over voters far from the capital would need Boric to take the momentum away from Kast's popular law and order spiel. Chilean conservative Kast strikes chord in provinces with 'firm hand' law and order message 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Every time someone tells me their back’s been giving them trouble, I lower my voice before launching into my spiel: “I swear I’m not woo-woo, but … ” I Have to Believe This Book Cured My Pain 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z The selllout crowd and boxing ring announcer Michael Buffer and his “Let’s get ready to rumble!” spiel were gone, and so was UCLA’s crisp play. No. 2 UCLA withstands Long Beach State upset bid, pulls away to 100-79 win 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Don't give me the spiel that just pouring forward is 'the United way' because the game has changed completely from those days. Lawro's Premier League predictions v Duran Duran drummer & Aston Villa fan Roger Taylor 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z It presents the options and their associated numbers right on the screen, so that you don’t have to listen to the entire spiel again just because you were distracted for a moment. The Pixel 6 and 6 Pro can make calling customer service less nightmarish 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z In her spiel, they would cost a fraction of traditional tests that require a doctor’s referral and vials of drawn blood before lab processing that could take days to deliver results. Elizabeth Holmes’ trial to dissect downfall of a tech star 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z A prodigy of spiel, he made his first commercial in the late 1950s, pitching his father’s invention, the Chop-O-Matic. Opinion | Ron Popeil was an incomparable huckster — but wait! There’s more! 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z But before he sold to everyone, thus dispersing the crowd, Mr. Popeil would say, “But wait, there’s more,” drawing even more people to his spiel. Ron Popeil, inventor, pitchman and TV infomercial star, dies at 86 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z I was taught to recite a spiel on conservation to zoo visitors that was false. Opinion | Debating the Morality and Value of Zoos 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z “My cocktail party spiel is always about elliptic curves,” she adds. The Top Unsolved Questions in Mathematics Remain Mostly Mysterious 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z "Man, you guys are going to eat this one up," he said, bracing his audience for a spiel on science. PGA known for being fair, Kiawah known for being a brute 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z “Man, you guys are going to eat this one up,” he said, bracing his audience for a spiel on science. PGA known for being fair, Kiawah known for being a brute 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z Mercuriadis has given his sales pitch to investors so many times that his spiel feels automatic. ‘Record companies have me on a dartboard’: the man making millions buying classic hits 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z David Diamante gives it the spiel of sponsors and associated organisations and suits, of which there are many, as he builds up to the fight. Anthony Joshua v Kubrat Pulev: world heavyweight boxing – live! 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z Anand says it was around this point in his customary spiel that one evening last fall, a woman got up and walked out. The Fed-Up Chef 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Delivering the safety spiel, the flight attendant paused to say that in an emergency, passengers should first remove their pandemic masks, then don their oxygen masks. Flying now: not so crowded, not so germy, not so friendly 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z Greg Wooden, 57, thinks about his grandfather every time he puts on his socks and shoes, having long ago attended the coach’s summer basketball camp when he first heard him launch into his famous spiel. To the family of UCLA's John Wooden, 'Papa' will always resonate 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Given the state of current affairs, my default “who I am in a nutshell” spiel suddenly seemed banal. L.A. Affairs: I'm single during a pandemic. My dating life has never been better 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z He says no, but then he launches into a whole spiel about it. Eddie Hearn: 'I can't say I don't enjoy the limelight' 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z His spiel contained the giveaway words “America first”; inside 40 seconds, he used the phrase “foreign virus”. The experts are back in fashion as Covid-19’s reality bites | John Harris 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z “I guess the first lesson of lockdown rehearsal is to turn off the mute,” he said self-deprecatingly and started the spiel again. This New York CEO put his company in a simulated coronavirus lockdown 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Her teammates and the reporters standing in front of her on the Xfinity Center court received the same spiel, delivered at a breathless pace, with Watson’s eyes wide and her left knee bouncing ceaselessly. Humility is key for Maryland women’s basketball ahead of the Big Ten tournament 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z "These are people I can sit down and talk to one on one, comfortably, instead of them just listening to a spiel from a state or federal agency." The silent epidemic of America’s problem with guns 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z College student Rosen Huynh, who lives in Monterey Park, Calif., said one of her professors went on a spiel about the virus — unrelated to the subject he teaches — at the beginning of class last week. Fear of coronavirus fuels racist sentiment targeting Asians 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Huynh said one of her professors went on a spiel about the virus — unrelated to the subject he teaches — at the beginning of class last week. Fear of coronavirus fuels racist sentiment targeting Asians 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z This caused some discomfiture for Clayton when he aired out the same “Main Street” spiel at a hearing before the Senate Banking Committee on Dec. 10. Column: The SEC is trying to stifle shareholders' right to challenge corporate managements 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z “Thank you for waiting around for us for all those years,” Way said in his spiel before “The Kids from Yesterday,” which closed the band’s main set. My Chemical Romance returns after eight-year hiatus, to emo fans old and new 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z “I never believed the whole ‘I’m happy single’ spiel,” she said. Emma Watson, Tom Felton and more 'Harry Potter' stars reunite for holiday photo 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z The rooms were cold, filled with mostly men who sat back and stared, stone-faced, arms folded, waiting to be impressed, as I gave my spiel. 'Hustlers' writer-director Lorene Scafaria had to do her own dancing to get the film made 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Raju broke away from his spiel to lob an important question at Pelosi: Why hadn’t the Democrats included an article for obstruction of justice? Nancy Pelosi Is Dictating the Democrats’ Impeachment Strategy 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z I gave him my standard spiel — I’m a journalist — and he said: “I wish you would write about us. It’d be great for business.” Perspective | Even telephone scammers agree: Don’t trust them! 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z “Instead of telling you the whole spiel of when not to drive, we think it’s easier to give the advice of just staying home this weekend,” the National Weather Service in Reno tweeted. ‘Travel not advised’: California travelers pounded by a cold Thanksgiving-week storm 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z “I never believed the whole ‘I’m happy single’ spiel,” she continued. Emma Watson is not single. She's 'self-partnered' 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z But her spiel filled a vacuum in the information sectors about what worked online. Column: Facebook's bogus video claims just cost it $40 million, but they caused much more damage 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z He speaks quickly, in what you might call an excitable mumble, ending many spiels in “you know what I mean?” The Message of Measles 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z He takes a deep breath, introduces himself and starts his rehearsed spiel before freezing up the moment he reaches the living room. Suge Jacob Knight steps out of his father's shadow — one million-dollar home at a time 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Soon afterward, Trump finished his spiel about the Air Force and announced an incoming flyover. Cutouts of J.F.K., Jr., Tanks, and Adulation at Trump’s “Salute to America” 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z “I was like, ‘This is totally a spiel.’ Emma Watson is not single. She's 'self-partnered' 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z A ruthless operator, he took advantage of thousands of gullible souls, many of them elderly holidaymakers, who believed his spiel about the fortunes they could make by investing in timeshare apartments that were never built. Inside the 21st-century British criminal underworld 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z On a theater-size stage, he delivers his spiel, sandwiched between 3-minute presentations for an online personalized clothing store and an outfit that would rent scooters by the month. This former playwright aims to turn solar and wind power into gasoline 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z At this year’s convention, a long list of mostly black state legislators, many of them young, delivered uncompromisingly progressive speeches between the Presidential spiels. The High Stakes for Kamala Harris in the South Carolina Primary 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z At the Élysée, I was surprised by Macron’s willingness to genuinely engage with my questions, rather than use them as prompts for prefab spiels. Can Emmanuel Macron Stem the Populist Tide? 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z The starter spiel should be confined to asking you if you need a scorecard and a pencil and then one more line, “The tee is yours.” 13 (more) of the dumbest things in golf - Golf Digest 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z The “support the troops“ spiel is mostly employed to get politicians elected or the Pentagon’s budget increased. Clumsiness or cruelty? Trump now deporting military veterans, in violation of federal rules 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Instead, Twitter responded with its usual spiel: “Some tweets may seem to be abusive when seen in isolation, but maybe not when viewed in the context of a larger conversation.” Whose side is Twitter on: misogynists or women in public life? | Suzanne Moore 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z The waiter delivered a spiel about Jorjadze to the man and his guests, two English-speaking businessmen. The Culinary Muse of the Caucasus 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Sometimes the company has provided a tantalising glimpse: one map it produced in 2015, as part of some marketing spiel around the “northern powerhouse”, showcases 150 sites it owns across the north-west. Who owns the country? The secretive companies hoarding England's land 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z It was “this big spiel about how I am going to be this amazing, like, politician who’s going to change El Paso.” The Origin Story: A blind date, a border and Beto O’Rourke 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z The tour goes beyond the “These are the fermentation tanks, this is what raw hops smell like” spiel that is the staple of most brewery visits. Maryland’s new Guinness brewery is a destination for fans — and everyone else, too 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Sure, the hosts have their one-liners ready, presenters have minute-long spiels memorized and performers know exactly where to stand on stage — but that doesn't mean everything always goes according to plan. Famous mistakes at the Oscars 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z “Royi would give his ‘cloak and dagger’ spiel and then Scott would come on and give his ‘Boy Scout’ spiel, which is ‘What we’re doing is completely legal,’ ” a former colleague said. Private Mossad for Hire 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z So it isn’t really free, and you have to plan for the extra time to listen to the spiel and say no about sixty times, but then, eventually, you get where you want to go. “Asleep at the Wheel” 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z His spiel during practices for the Senior Bowl on Tuesday were bound to draw criticism because the franchise’s top executive hadn’t taken questions in 588 days. Perspective | Redskins fans are furious with Bruce Allen, and that’s just how Dan Snyder likes it 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z “But there’s no pretension. There’s no five-minute spiel about the dishes.” The Simplest Steak Dinner 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z "They rang at least once a week. A woman would ring up and I'd get rid of her, not two minutes later a fella would call. Same company, same spiel." Elderly 'under siege' from scammers 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Later, he did the whole "I'm not upset with the trade, I'm upset with me" spiel, but it's clear he was not-so-subtly throwing both his coach and Butler under the bus. Luka Doncic is Slovenian, but he owns the state of Texas now - Golf Digest 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z “It was just a spiel. And inside I’d be thinking, ‘You’ve no idea how evil this person is I’m going to have to go home to in a few hours. Mel B: ‘I got used to lying. I didn’t want anyone to find out’ 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z The committee for the bonspiel collectively decided that we needed to remove them from the spiel for this year and what happens down the road, I’m not sure yet.” 'They were breaking brooms': Olympic curler's team kicked out for drunkenness 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z It’s apparent from the enthusiasm in his voice when he begins his always-gaining-speed spiel. Gillette senior makes name for himself on the airwaves 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z He said this meant governments were "relying on a marketing spiel claiming successful trials of this drug, rather than being able to consider the actual evidence of the drug efficacy for themselves". Unpublished trials a health risk - MPs 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z After going through the cellphone, candy wrapper, emergency exit spiel, the Playwright protests a little too insistently that the play is not really about his parents. Review: In 'Vietgone,' East West Players takes audiences on the wild ride of Qui Nguyen's rambunctious drama about refugees in love - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z Let’s get this out of the way from the get-go: Madonna’s rambling spiel about Aretha Franklin at the MTV Video Music Awards earlier this week was just about as weird as award show tributes get. The wrong goodbye: rewatching the strangest award show tributes ever 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Yet one part of his spiel proved suspect. Japan still has great influence on global financial markets 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z In New York, I sat in as Byford gave a group of union leaders his spiel. Can Andy Byford Save the Subways? 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z The industry’s spiel for having all these networked devices in your home is, of course, that they make your life easier. John Naughton | The internet of things has opened up a new frontier of domestic abuse 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z And he’d look even more incongruous attempting the moral leadership spiel. Trump’s amoral approach to Kim may work 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z And so, yes, perhaps that meant his self-affirmation spiel was flawed. Is the Age-Old Quest for a Baldness Cure Reaching Its End? 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Kerr tries to wrap up his whole spiel with about seven minutes showing on the clock — six minutes at the latest. Why Do the Warriors Dominate the 3rd Quarter? Consider Their Halftime Drill 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z So he honed a spiel consisting of “various levels.” How Boots Riley Infiltrated Hollywood 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z "It certainly looks like a lot of really smart people fell for his spiel and backed him," said Shobhaa De, an Indian author and columnist. A jeweler to the stars is accused in a $1.8-billion bank fraud in India 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z “I chose to become an American, like generations before me,” said Federspiel. Yakima County Superior Court judge to run for Washington state Supreme Court 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z She answered, I did my spiel, and instead of hanging up, there was a silence. Meet the Teen Who Snuck Aboard a Polar Expedition 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z “But I would never bring him up or make him part of my spiel. And it definitely wasn’t something I’d write a record about.” Inara George on her stirring new album and the family tragedy that once defined her 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z As she speaks, as though on cue, a group of 30 tourists gathers in front of her window to listen to the lengthy spiel of their tour guide. Amsterdammers v tourists: 'It's worst when they throw up in your plant box' 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Every company will tell you that its design is optimized and optimal, but in the case of the BeoSound 2, the eventual performance really does agree with the marketing spiel about thoughtful design. Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 2 review: Dalek-shaped delight 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Perhaps those who have made it symbolize only the past, and we need not pay much attention to their spiel. Technology: Into cyberia : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z "At the end of the day, someone will kill a child. Then we will get the usual spiel of 'lessons need to be learned' but it will be too late." 'Someone will kill a child': School run parking 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Vietnam promoted its economy, Georgia extolled its wine and Belarus went for a hard-core real estate spiel, pitching a huge industrial park it is building with the Chinese. Can a Giant Science Fair Transform Kazakhstan’s Economy? 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z If you listen to Apple’s inflationary marketing spiel, every time the company launches a new iPhone, it “changes everything.” Three things that will never be the same after the iPhone 8 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Brad rehearsed his spiel: “We’ve come all the way from Louisiana to help you, man.” 'We ain’t doing no damn good': volunteer rescuers struggle in Houston 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z We get this is part of Skip's spiel; merely exerting the energy to counter is playing into his hand. Skip Bayless' "analysis" of Jordan Spieth's British Open performance is a Hall-of-Fame worthy hot take - Golf Digest 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z With White’s spiel over, the riders exit the bus wearing focused expressions. Orica-Scott: 24 hours on the road with the Australian Tour de France team 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z My spiel would scare half the people away before they ever bought my $1,500 audio course and $10,000 boot camp. Perspective | The offers to star in his own TV show keep coming, but this home flipper keeps passing 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z “Her fantastic spiel yesterday told us nothing new,” he said. Sleepless, anxious, depressed: EU citizens in the shadow of Brexit 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z His Comey spiel is practiced, and he delivers it easily, despite the early hour. He's the voice of Arizona's most reliably conservative county, and he's fed up with James Comey 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Stevenson and Watson, both open, friendly and handsome, attracted a few guys to the table, but mainly ones who had already heard the protect-yourself-against-H.I.V. spiel. America’s Hidden H.I.V. Epidemic 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z On Saturday night he was giving his spiel to about 50 tourists on London Bridge. ‘I saw blinding white headlights. ... It hit directly to the right of me.’ 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z He went through his regular spiel about the weather on the ground and then he delivered his punchline. Is the editor of the Daily Mail the most dangerous man in Britain? 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z But then he spiels something about “terrorists” in Sweden that baffles everyone, especially the Swedes, who can’t make a lick of sense of what he’s talking about. Trump promised to wipe out Isis – perhaps he already has ... | Rich Hall 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z But no matter how well Trump manages to keep up the sales spiel, the fact is that he is the president and it’s a bigger job than pitching steaks and cheap perfume. Donald Trump wants to run the government as a business. But he’s never been any good at that either 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Suzanne Zimmerman, the gym’s overnight manager, launched into her spiel about the equipment, tanning beds and other amenities, but they waved her off. On a roll: Candidate for Virginia lieutenant governor lives out of RV 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z He heard the same spiel from Roberts last season. Dodgers' Adrian Gonzalez is hoping to represent Mexico in World Baseball Classic 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z There was exact parity in the meaning of the two terms in her spiel. Student Loan Facts They Wish They Had Known 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Interrupting his spiel, I said, “My friend and I.” Grammar Lesson on the Upper East Side 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z After listening to Scott’s spiel, she added: “I think people would use it if they knew.” New shuttle service offers oasis in transportation ‘deserts’ in the District 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z They rolled their eyes over Trump’s unmitigated coarseness, but still bought into his spiel that he’d be the greatest job producer who ever lived. My beef over Hillary Clinton's loss is with liberal feminists, young and old 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z He is wearing Puma trainers and a Puma polo top, but doesn’t come out with any sycophantic spiel about his sponsor. Usain Bolt: ‘I feel good because I know I’ve done it clean’ 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z In the broadsheet Nezavisimaya Gazeta, a Moscow University academic wrote that "Trump's words were the kind of spiel you hear over a cup of coffee...they've been blown up into a whole scandal". Russian media's love affair with Trump - BBC News 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z He had rolled out his usual spiel to reel in players — “Anybody but a broke body, any soul but a shoe sole” — and had dealt and won a few hands before he was interrupted. One of the Last 3-Card Monte Dealers Declares Game Over 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z I tried to break up his spiel - I brought up a recent article in the Daily Mail, entitled "Jim Fixed Me", in which his long-time personal assistant talked about the pain of being summarily fired. Louis Theroux: Looking back on Jimmy Savile - BBC News 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Called “ring spiel tour ‘95,” the album captures a gig at Chicago’s Cabaret Metro that featured Watt and a backing band consisting of musicians from opening acts Foo Fighters and Hovercraft. Mike Watt to release album of 1995 live gig featuring a backing band of Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl, Pat Smear and others 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Rather than letting Clinton say her spiel and then moving on to another question, Trump interrupted again. Hillary Clinton Brings Out the Real Donald Trump 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z The Sausage Party star showed off his marketing chops on Friday’s episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, delivering a hilarious spiel for Vaseline to the host. Watch Seth Rogen Hilariously Sell Vaseline to Ellen DeGeneres 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z By the time I was called up to audition for him, my spiel to explain the passport stamps was ready. Typecast as a terrorist | Riz Ahmed | The Long Read 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Even though Martin’s show is mostly watched by blacks, I couldn’t shake the feeling that Scott’s spiel — and his role in the Trump campaign — was primarily targeted at people who looked more like me. Black Trump supporters attack: The strange tale of the whitest candidate ever and his African-American boosters 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z But call it something else, and who knows what you’ll believe if the spiel is powerful enough? You don't have to be 'Nuts!' to believe the unbelievable 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z But I didn’t mind the spiel because — given his expertise — he provided insightful answers to my lingering questions about the supertall boom. New York Above 800 Feet 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z I gave her my spiel, explained that I’d come with a pair of Angry Calaisians, but that she had been pointed out to me as being on the other side. ‘That thing gnawing away at all of us’: Calais and the shantytown on its doorstep | Emmanuel Carrère 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Moses sipped, while his team spieled tasting notes that reminded me of a Shel Silverstein poem. A Liquor for the Farm-to-Table Movement 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Upon hearing that, the rabbi asked him to start writing Purim spiels for the synagogue. Purim! The Musical 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z I would go into a spiel about comparative government, then lay into Western democracy’s shortfalls. How to Vote in Iran 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z He learned how to be fast and succinct in his spiel to avoid hang-ups. He sells business. Is set for life. So he becomes an evangelist for wrestling? 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z But then, instead of realizing that this audience really didn’t need another fifteen minutes of his spiel, instead of extemporizing or taking questions, Rubio dropped right back into his routine. The Two Marco Rubios 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Speakers for each candidate will begin allotted two-minute spiels after the Pledge of Allegiance, an invocation and a few minutes of housekeeping. Iowa Caucus 2016: Live Updates 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Congregants enact a lively skit known as a Purim spiel, with a plotline taken from the Book of Esther, also known as the Megillah. Purim! The Musical 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z The bankruptcy filing and the board's machinations to keep him out were a plot and "coercion," he said in a nonstop spiel the judge labeled "free associating." Is the final chapter in Dov Charney's steamy American Apparel tale being written? 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z In another 12 hours, in daylight, he would be back at the apartment to finish his spiel and go over any questions. Refugees start over in community divided on refugees 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z She looks at her daughter, who is staring sadly across the rain-washed rooftops in the vague direction of Syria - and suddenly her everything-will-be-OK spiel dries up. 'If I became an informer the chemotherapy could continue' - BBC News 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z “Raven Symoné has been spouting her ignorant and self-hating spiel on ‘The View’ for long enough … African Americans and black people around the diaspora need a voice representative of their views,” the petition on Change.org reads. Stacey Dash suspended: Culturally conservative black pundits spark backlash 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z This year’s spiel is “The Megillah According to Andrew Lloyd Webber,” performed when Purim begins on Wednesday evening. Purim! The Musical 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z But, of course, Trump is the Republican front-runner, and has been for nearly five months—and each time you tune back in to his hammy, fact-free spiel, it seems to have darkened. The Escalating Slurs of Donald Trump 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z When he remembered that the show was sponsored by Red Bull, Staples launched into a sarcastic spiel about how much he likes the energy drink. Vince Staples and the power of 'nah': Taunts for El Rey 'industry' crowd in a kinetic, vital show 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Instead the public-address announcer launched into a spiel, and Manning winced. Win in Today’s N.F.L.? Lend Me a Tight End! 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Apple gets the fundamentals right in a very serious and rigorous way, and then it gets fancy with its marketing spiel. Windows laptops need better engineering, not better marketing 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Fittingly, he opened his first Purim spiel with “Tradition,” from “Fiddler on the Roof.” Purim! The Musical 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Sure, it’s the standard coach speak spiel from any heavily favored team but this time it rings especially true. Auburn hopes to get back on track against San Jose State 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z "I assure you baseball cards were not part of my pickup spiel," Stackhouse said. Tim Wallach fan has a real house of cards 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z “Go on,” he said as I went into my spiel. Hey, Mr. Phone Scammer, instead of my credit-card number, take my e-mail 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Unlike almost every writer promoting a book, there is no prepared spiel. Michel Houellebecq: ‘Am I Islamophobic? Probably, yes' 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z As for next year’s spiel, Mr. Roth is already being asked to send up “Hamilton.” Purim! The Musical 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z As they stopped by Downtown Deli -- which Knowles used to own -- Clinton told reporters, "I want you to hear Tony's spiel for reindeer stew." The fascinating (and scenic) history of presidential visits to Alaska 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z When people started their spiel, I’d join in, either by getting annoyed on their behalf or offering complaints of my own. 7 Ways to Respond to Negativity at Work 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z As an electoral worker in Virginia during the historic 2008 presidential contest, I and my colleagues often padded our spiel to potential black voters by invoking the legacy of the struggle for the ballot. I won't vote in US elections anymore – I don't want to be part of a racist system | YM Carrington 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z Reliable Sources Questions about a media double standard when shooters are Muslim; Donald Trump and the art of the spiel; Iran nuclear deal; President Obama unleashed. Saturday's TV highlights and weekend talk: 'Cedar Cove' and more 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Like so much altruistic spiel, that line would be so much easier to swallow without the vein of self-interest, and in this case the shouty visual branding, running through it. Google doodles aren’t just naff – they’re trying to rebrand the past | Phil Hoad 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z "Nick Clegg did his spiel at the beginning and I thought 'oh God, that's awful'. Then I was really worried about how he was going to perform. " Jenny Willott brands Lib Dems dull and Clegg 'awful' - BBC News 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z But before she could give the woman doing yardwork on Misty Creek Lane the rest of her spiel Saturday afternoon, Smith said, the woman attacked her. Hard feelings over school boundaries prompt alleged assault in Virginia 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z What he said, however, was not so much an answer as a spiel of various thoughts with poor tense alignment. Trump’s circus comes to town: What I saw inside his rambling Baltimore campaign speech 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z After the broker is done with the sales spiel, summarize the product as you understand it. Variable Annuities With Guaranteed Income Riders Require Careful Scrutiny 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z She takes verbatim 140-word per minute notes on her laptop, waiting patiently for them to finish their official spiels before sidling up to them afterward in confident yet disarming pursuit of actual information. Can Politico make Brussels sexy? | Gideon Lewis-Kraus 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z What about the last time you listened to a telemarketer’s entire spiel and then whipped out your credit card to book a cruise? 75% of Marketers Have the Wrong Idea About Content 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z In the middle of his spiel, Bush started talking about his Apple Watch and how wearable technology holds the potential to shake up how we access health information. Jeb’s bankrupt healthcare fantasy: Expanding coverage with Apple Watches and freedom 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z A preppy fellow named Reid practiced his spiel about a drawing of a naked man trapped in a tiny room. Going Once, Going Twice 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z They gave him their recruiting spiel, he says. The Hackathon Fast Track, From Campus to Silicon Valley 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z She starts on a spiel about blacks and drugs. Before ‘conversation on race’ we need education on race 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z It reprints the famous “Think Different” spiel in full. Which Jobs Biography Got the Measure of the Man? 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Lucious’s speech in the series pilot about labels competing with the Internet, for instance, while primitive, sounds exactly like an archaic executive’s post-Napster spiel. Why Can’t We Stop Watching ‘Empire’? 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Usually this is done by touting the development of “critical thinking” skills, a spiel which ranks as one of history’s greatest scams. Our Universities Are Not Teaching Innovation 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z There are plenty of repeat clients who don’t need this spiel because they’ve already heard it. Peter Lik’s Recipe for Success: Sell Prints. Print Money. 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z As soon as we sat down, our waiter, Lupe, began his spiel. Customer Experience Lessons From A Brazilian Churrascaria 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z While her father hawked candles, Asia soon tired of hearing the same spiel. Detroit 11-year-old ‘kidpreneur’ all business 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z The idea then is that an expert, history buff or even local resident is going to offer tourists insights and enthusiasm missing from the well-rehearsed spiel of a jaded tour guide. The 'Uber' for India's tourist guides 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Today, anyone who buys a new game at GameStop is likely to get a spiel from a sales clerk about these additional features. Extra Lives: Can GameStop Avoid Blockbuster's Fate? 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Instead, we get fed distilled marketing spiel about technical benefits with inherent value. CES: All Products, No People 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z After Dan’s spiel at one bus stop — “Do you know any teens who need help?” — a woman nods toward a girl leaning against the other side of the bus shelter and mutters, “Yeah. Her.” Sasha Bruce Youthwork’s outreach team looks for teens in trouble 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z And, on cue, you instinctively launch into an umbrella spiel about your title, duties and is this person even listening? 6 Networking Icebreakers That Aren't 'What Do You Do?' 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Instead of the typical spiel to enjoy our time in New York or whatever our final destination may be, he wished us a “happy onward journey.” Wrestling With a Soccer Dream 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z As we walked around, they listened attentively to the guide's spiel, standing a mere arm's length away. In Xinjiang, China, journalists work in the shadow of censorship 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z Wearing my best three-piece suit I strode to the podium and began my usual spiel. On Personal Brand, Or Why You Never Wear Socks With A Three-Piece Suit 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z The youth-friendly spiel that the White House provided on Thursday appears to be a pitch for greater millennial engagement in the looming Election Day. The White House makes its pitch to millennials 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z He parries questions about his motives with a practiced spiel about advocating for “what’s in the best interest of all New Yorkers.” Desperate Characters 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z Draper often starts his Six Californias spiel by saying that California’s public schools have gone from first to 47th, its prison situation is untenable, and its business climate the worst in the nation. Billionaire Tim Draper's Mad Plan to Blow Up California 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Inexperienced entrepreneurs employ a blanket approach by giving the same rehearsed spiel to any venture capitalist who is willing to listen. How I Raised Venture Capital For Retention Science 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z He starts his tour guide spiel: “We are in Greenwich Village, and this is Trinity Park. Trinity Park.” Correcting a Tour Guide's Errors 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z The dot-matrix playbill that I made in 1984 with Print Shop sits on my desk as I write the music for this year’s Purim spiel. The Future Sure Looks Better From the Past 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Main began a spiel that he acknowledges is as much about entertainment as historic depth. Segway tour pioneers have new reason to celebrate: Overturning D.C. licensing rules GE’s spiel is that it can achieve strong growth in such things as lending to small and middle-sized companies. A hard act to follow 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z I’ve met with numerous companies who serve up the hype-laden spiel, but the hardware team I met with was genuinely excited. Alienware's Alpha Is A Gaming PC With The DNA Of A Console -- And It's The Real Deal 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z According to the standard spiel, ads in this medium are alluring because they can be aimed at specific audiences. The Great Unwatched 2014-05-03T17:25:21Z It was also the kind of parent spiel I was trying so hard to avoid. Motherlode Blog: Advice for Parents Touring Colleges: Don’t Talk 2014-05-02T16:35:21Z As Roske looked over the boats, arrayed along what he called a “blue-collar yacht club,” he went into a spiel about how sailing is an aspirational exercise. The Real House Candidates of Beverly Hills 2014-04-24T09:00:15Z Q: Starting to tire of the “not in our house” spiel by home-team players before every game — was wondering if you ever heard that speech from current or former wives? Chad: Couch Slouch: Shootouts and intermissions make the NHL unwatchable 2014-01-12T20:03:11Z This was one of the few people I interacted with who was able to give the spiel as if I were there in person, explaining Audi’s new connected navigation system that plugs into Google Earth. I, Robot Journalist: Beaming Into CES 2014 From My Kitchen 2014-01-08T20:47:00Z We can’t do Christmas because we’re Jewish, and we never really get the full gist of Hanukkah beyond the candle lighting and the spiel about Jews conquering Greeks. Op-Ed Contributor: It’s the Most Unknowable Time of the Year 2013-12-24T23:51:17Z Personally, a tour guide scores big points with me if he doesn’t use the words “spiel” or “awesome.” Motherlode Blog: Advice for Parents Touring Colleges: Don’t Talk 2014-05-02T16:35:21Z He looked a promising interviewee so I lunged forward, began my spiel and immediately realised I was addressing no less a figure than the Fonz. My moment with the Fonz 2013-12-18T11:51:03Z When no-one raises their hand, Mr Alexander launches into the full spiel. The drink of kings makes a comeback 2013-10-02T23:13:38Z I heard his entire spiel, and initially thought the program was cool but not necessarily for me; as an MIT student I thought entrepreneurship only applied to technology and computer engineering majors. Navigating Detroit: A VFA Fellow Discovers Ideas, Energy, Opportunity 2013-09-16T16:17:00Z After each 20-minute spiel, there will be 10 minutes of questions and answers. Olympic Wheel of Fortune 2013-08-31T18:08:14Z These pitches are not your standard product spiel. Then, There Was The Homebrew Club, Now There Is A Meetup 2013-08-29T15:55:00Z The spiel from the management consultants who advise companies on pricing—whether specialists like Simon-Kucher or giant generalists like PWC—is that it is now more vital than ever to be smart at it. Schumpeter: Thinking twice about price 2013-07-25T14:59:44Z Ray’s spiel is as practiced as estate agents the world over. Capitalism Grips Cuba's Housing Market 2013-07-24T12:20:26Z As our appetizers arrived, Top Exec launched into a spiel about his background and why were all here. Narcissists Love Twitter And Facebook. Thank God For That. 2013-06-12T16:40:00Z This is a core piece of Seidemann’s spiel: creating PowerPoints and maps, and then taking dignitaries out in his compact car or by bus to point out the bulldozers, the land shifting. Mapping The Dangerous Future Of Jerusalem 2013-04-15T08:45:00Z If you're going to go on that spiel, at least tell people why we laugh at your for your stupidity. Zero Dark Thirty and the Truth About Torture 2012-12-14T19:50:23Z I can just about imagine his spiel … Item: maternity leave has existed for years and is undeniably perfect, so that's not holding you back, is it ladies? Who is this Ukip reject to tell us that women haven't got the balls? 2012-11-22T17:06:05Z The tension as Curiosity rover scientists began their spiel during a press teleconference was palpable. Curiosity Finds Methane on Mars, or Not 2012-11-02T22:33:40Z He said his spiel revolves around "being a championship program and let the rest take care of itself." Notre Dame No. 5 in first BCS standings 2012-10-15T01:38:00Z A spellbinding broth of clams and buckwheat was introduced with a spiel that ended this way: “Even today, people on Long Island gather on the beaches for clambakes as they celebrate with family and friends.” Critic’s Notebook: At the Reinvented Eleven Madison Park, the Words Fail the Dishes 2012-09-18T20:52:08Z Swarbrick said he was gratified with the buoyant reaction the news prompted during the day, but no moment likely surpassed the one at the end of his spiel Wednesday morning. Football drives Notre Dame's move 2012-09-13T02:24:00Z The spiel is innocuous enough, but in the context of the ad-free Olympic Park, this sudden intrusion of old-school, Atlantic City boardwalk salesmanship is jarring. In Olympic Park, a Deluge From the Sponsors 2012-08-11T17:42:54Z “Every other day you’d get invited for a free dinner at a high-class restaurant as an incentive to listen to a spiel on life settlements,” the husband said. Are You Worth More Dead Than Alive? 2012-08-10T20:17:26Z Bolstering Groupon’s spiel is a library of hundreds of video case studies—interviews with merchant owners that used Groupon, loved it, and recommend it highly. How Groupon Saved a Zoo – And Ruined a Waffle Restaurant 2012-07-26T15:51:51Z The young man and woman were well dressed, polite and trying to whip up some charming banter with me before launching into their spiel about printing solutions. 4 Strategies for Painless Sales 2012-07-02T12:42:00Z Each of the big three game makers have now given their opening spiels to the industry, and each have outlined their measures to extend gaming beyond the television. E3 2012: Nintendo details Wii U, focuses on third-party games 2012-06-05T18:15:08Z Like Woodson, he got the job by default and without the brand recognition the Knicks habitually sought — until his identity as the everyman coach became an appealing marketing spiel in itself. On Basketball: Hiring Woodson the Logical Move for Knicks 2012-05-25T22:55:31Z It's not just a sales spiel anymore to say to borrowers that if they see a really good rate to grab it. Mortgage lenders tighten criteria 2012-05-17T15:03:00Z Only last summer I was standing by while one of these grafters was making his spiel, and gathering dollars by the pocketful for a “sure shot” rheumatism cure. Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z Think of your F.O.R.E.S.T. as a checklist, rehearse it in advance and run your spiel through the F.O.R.E.S.T. before presenting it. Win Every Sale with Visual Thinking 2012-02-20T15:06:41Z He was gettin' off his final spiel, and it was a beaut'. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z Intermittently the public address announcer interrupted his football spiel to summon big-shot fans from their seats. How the Washington Post covered the Pearl Harbor Redskins game 2011-12-07T17:27:00Z The New York attorney — whose clients have included Erin Callan, the former chief financial officer at Lehman Brothers — said he stopped giving his “spiel” about inherent talent leading to new work. Wall Street, downsized: From largess to loss 2011-11-26T23:16:35Z The New York attorney, whose clients have included former Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Chief Financial Officer Erin Callan, said he has stopped giving his “spiel” about inherent talent leading to new work. Wall Street Unoccupied as 200,000 Job Cuts Bring ‘Darkest Days’ 2011-11-22T01:23:02Z “One of the C.E.O.’s had a whole spiel he was going to do, ‘This is so bad here, so bad there,’ but Daley shut him up. Policy and Politics Collide as Obama Enters Campaign Mode 2011-11-16T20:35:01Z Comedians, stars of situation comedies and actors known for being funny have long been mainstays of advertising, on the theory that laughter can sweeten a sales spiel. Advertising: Popularity of Comedians as Pitchmen Increases 2011-11-11T04:48:18Z Which isn't to say Williams isn't embracing the hype, even while some teammates downplayed it with that "just another game" spiel. LSU-Alabama an old-fashioned showdown 2011-11-04T15:59:08Z Which isn’t to say Williams isn’t embracing the hype, even while some teammates downplayed it with that “just another game” spiel. RUN ?N STUN: No. 1 LSU versus No. 2 Alabama shaping up as old-fashioned showdown 2011-11-04T14:11:31Z He'll give you a spiel about his research and ask to measure your brain waves. Sentiment, Inc. 2011-10-09T02:00:23.850Z With his Jersey Guy spiel, he’s described as unscripted, which is Lesson 433 in the eternal gullibility of journalists. City Room: National Spotlight on Christie Misses a State Full of Troubles 2011-10-04T18:07:17Z You can hand ’em the spiel you gave me, and see how much they believe of it.” The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z As a rule he acquires a beautifully discriminative taste for whisky, and what time he is sober races horses on the most approved spieling method. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z Ms. Hopkins finished her spiel with the words “platform edge.” City Room: A Pile-Up of Public Service Messages in the Subway 2011-07-14T19:39:31Z I can get off a spiel that would sell household novelties to Fiji Islanders. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z Not to pick on it unduly, but another thing about JetBlue that irks me is the manner in which flight attendants, during their pre-departure public address spiel, introduce the cockpit crew. What's the big deal about JetBlue? 2011-06-24T00:32:00Z You’d better come along with me and make your spiel to the big chief. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z My own spiel is globalization connectivity is the great pacifier - not in the short run, mind you, but over time. Could Move Stabilize Pakistan? 2011-06-23T01:01:56Z “I think it’s great being a teacher instead of a student,” he said before starting his spiel. Green: From a Special-Ed Class, Solar Evangelists 2011-06-08T12:12:16Z Yeah, we’ve heard the spiel: the cases are too difficult, the insider traders deserve attention because they threaten the integrity of the markets, and making lousy bets with other people’s money isn’t a crime. Rajaratnam Gives Reasons to Be Glad Trial Ended: Susan Antilla 2011-05-12T23:21:43Z He led Hall on a ten-minute Cook's tour of the crime laboratory, his patter a slightly off-color imitation of an American tourist guide's spiel. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z He looks a lot like you and he hands out pretty much the same kind of spiel, and yet I could tell the difference almost as soon as I put my lamps on you. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z The first time, the waitress, in her opening spiel, labeled the food Italian. | Wantagh: A Menu Beyond Italian, Asian and Even Fusion 2011-03-13T01:56:58Z In Das guldin spiel of a Dominican writer, Ingold, finished on 1 August of the latter year, we find for the first time real power of characterization. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z His spiel, Mr. Barton told me, did not much impress the Chinese official. Way of the World: The Links Between Jobs and Revolts 2011-03-03T12:00:47Z In what comes across as a well-rehearsed spiel, he proceeds to explain why his thought has developed logically across his last six books, and why, on every occasion, his arguments have been prescient. Niall Ferguson: 'Westerners don't understand how vulnerable freedom is' 2011-02-20T00:04:07Z Daley's staff meetings, meanwhile, are said to be tightly run - no meandering around the room with everyone giving a little spiel. Spies wanted. Apply here. No black sites provided. 2011-01-13T23:55:00Z "Say, come over and hear the wife do her little spiel to-night!" he would urge upon all his acquaintance. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z After a preliminary spiel, he vacates the floor so that Jose Socrates may speak. World Cup D-day ? live! 2010-12-02T07:40:00Z He continued eating while Mr. Glassman gave his spiel that party did not matter all that much in this election and that the issue of reviving the economy was one that rose above partisanship. The Long Shot and McCain: In Arizona, Corn, One-Liners and Politics on the Side 2010-09-06T22:54:00Z “The moment I met Coach Harbaugh, and he went through the whole recruiting spiel, I wanted to play for him.” Stanford?s Luck Is a Star in the Crowd 2010-08-28T16:30:00Z The justification of concierge medicine is the same voodoo economics spiel that we were given with the “trickle down” theory of prosperity from Reagan, Bush and the nattering nabobs. Having Your Own Doctor On Call 2010-08-26T18:08:00Z The talk show spiel eventually produced the lecture circuit invitation. Fred Barnes, Meg Whitman and California's GOP 2010-08-04T19:39:00Z But in a city weary of the relentless, and illegal, subway pitch for money — the emotional spiel, the hand or cup offered from seat to seat — Mr. Kearse is something of a subway sales impresario. On the Train, an Author Makes His Own Success 2010-07-10T00:50:00Z Meaning, these individuals listened to his spiel, told him a bit about their wine preferences, and provided him with contact information. There's No Such Thing as a Wrong Number 2010-07-01T16:00:00Z "By the end of the day, you've done your spiel hundreds of times." How to Build Your Personal Brand 2010-05-24T16:51:00Z For what it's worth, my feeling is that a long-haul flight generally deserves a longer spiel. The drama of flying 2010-03-26T00:20:00Z I'm giving her the spiel, and she just goes bonkers and cuts me off. Holly Graf: Was Female Navy Captain Victim of Sexism? 2010-03-11T17:30:00Z I'm giving her the spiel and she just goes bonkers and cuts me off. Complaints About Female 'Captain Bligh' Began Early, Says a Navy Chaplain 2010-03-06T14:05:00Z I was listening to his spiel when I caught a glimpse of you two passing the door of my room. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager York Macpherson wanted to put up a big spiel to her about justice to you and some other folks—this poor critter who got sanded over, maybe. The Reclaimers Put up a spiel that he could n't live without me, and all that. The Preliminaries And Other Stories "And when do you suppose our operators gets time to spiel baseball, Mr. Eschenbach?" The Competitive Nephew That’s why I keep it up so late and spiel myself hoarse in the neck. Young Wallingford Her croak was high and rough. he young man recovered himself and began his spiel. The Trap Then eye to eye, and hands on one another's shoulders, they fell to "spieling," with occasional Polka divertisements. Little Aliens So I was half-thinking of getting the lady at the apartment to give Willy a real down-to-earth tumble when he started his spiel. The Animated Pinup It was the same spiel as before, and almost at the same point of the pitch. Insidekick His crooked sixpence will fill many an eye, and the more he spiels the better it is for you. The Bartlett Mystery "Good!" says I. "Percy, send her off for another spiel." Side-stepping with Shorty I covered the strike and the telepathic brain; I even gave them the patriotic spiel about equality. Robots of the World! Arise! But here there isn’t anything after a little spiel on the crops and a paragraph on politics. The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted The ginger was gone out of the barker’s spiel; the forced gaiety was dying out of the loud levees where the abandoned of the earth held their nightly carousals. Claim Number One “Couldn’t you put Orlando in it, and get up a spiel about him?” asked Princess Zozo, whose largest serpent was called Orlando. Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective He was so dead anxious to connect himself with that red cart before the crowd that I just let him spiel away. Side-stepping with Shorty “Now, Rattler, come on, repeat your little spiel after me, or go with the boys and get what’s coming to you.” The Spoilers of the Valley One shot did the work, and Jimmie the Monk crumpled forward, with a leg which was never again to lead in another Bowery "spiel" or club prize fight. Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure I wonder the guards don't refuse their spiel at my coming and going. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess The boys grinned and fell silent as the cereal salesman went into his spiel. The Electronic Mind Reader Angelica gives us a fine view of her back hair, and Mr. Curlylocks begins where he left off, and spiels away. Side-stepping with Shorty Two girls "spieled" in the corner, a kind of dancing that is not favored in the playground. The Battle with the Slum When just now you made your spiel, that part of it which you said about the dead coming back didn't worry me. Sundry Accounts “The spiel game for me, gentlemen,” said the Colonel. Desert Dust From spieling the stock markets a feller could lose his shirt yet. Elkan Lubliner, American He was too happy and satisfied to join in any debate, and inside of ten minutes he's at it again; so I lets him spiel away. Side-stepping with Shorty Some said “Sure,” others told her to forget it, and one grass widower drew a laugh by saying that her little spiel reminded him of happier days. Crooked Trails and Straight "I don't get it," I said politely, when he'd finished his spiel. The Dope on Mars Oh, they all give the same spiel—hire out in a lumber camp. The Flaming Jewel “If it’s as desperate as all that,” says I, “spiel away.” Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Whenever you get the chance, take my notes and try to write a better spiel from them than I do.... The Job An American Novel Oh, they all give the same spiel — hire out in a lumber camp. The Flaming Jewel As he reached it he could see Dave Lungs, the outside talker, climb up on the front platform to begin his spiel. Charley de Milo I must have dropped off just as you began your spiel. The Squirrel-Cage I am only repeating what Bob spieled off to me. Walter and the Wireless It was such a cinch that Merritt, who looked after the snake while I did the spieling and sold tickets on the front, commenced to get worried for fear we should lose him. Side Show Studies He held up his arms and went into his People of Earth spiel again. The Glory of Ippling For maybe a half a minute after the house-manager finishes his little spiel, the kids sort of hang back. From Place to Place Go after him for a story about some combination his road has gone into and you come away with a great spiel about bumper crops; always gives you the glad hand, but nothing in it. An American Suffragette It turns out that he was new to the job, and this was his first call to spiel off the splicin' service. Shorty McCabe Maybe you think snakes are stupid, but they aren't, and the boa got the hump and refused to uncoil himself to show his length unless he got his full share of the spiel. Side Show Studies Says I: 'Horace, that was a pretty nifty spiel you gave us last night at the Zero Club.' The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance "Aw, boss, that was part of the spiel," he confessed frankly. From Place to Place Why, in one forenoon I could coach you up for a spiel that would set 'em mobbin' the ticket wagons! Shorty McCabe on the Job This time he gets it—almost, and I lets him spiel away. Shorty McCabe I sold the tickets and put up the spiel on the front, and Merritt lectured inside and we did a land-office business. Side Show Studies When I heard you were going to be home from camp over the week-end, it just popped into my head that I'd ask you to come around and give the boys a spiel. Tom Slade with the Colors Before Dowd can say a word he's started in on his spiel. Torchy As A Pa That was what worried me most,—could I come across with the standin' spiel? Torchy, Private Sec. He couldn't get any one else to listen to him, and as he had a lot of unused conversation on hand I let him spiel it off at me. Shorty McCabe As I say, the poetry was strictly on the bum, but what it lacked in quality it made up in quantity and he could spiel it off by the yard. Side Show Studies If Ellsworth hadn't hauled me into this thing, and given me that spiel, I wouldn't be bothering my head about things that happened months ago. Tom Slade with the Colors "I don't know," says I; "but I can do an East Side spiel." Torchy You see, Marjorie has been sittin' out on the side lines, as usual, and Vee has hinted how it would be nice and charitable of me to brace her for a spiel. Torchy, Private Sec. "It listens like a good spiel," I agreed; "but will a couple of lessons be enough for us?" You Should Worry Says John Henry "The same for me," said the engineer, imperturbably, when James had finished his little spiel. Frontier Boys in Frisco It was O'Brien who got off the spiel about the moon. The Statesmen Snowbound Mr. Pepper throws her a smile and spiels ahead. Torchy He'd spieled along for half an hour in his usual vein when Mr. Robert flags him long enough to call me over. Torchy, Private Sec. Let him go ahead and spiel pianner till he's blue in the face. Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter "Dat's a pretty said spiel dat guy is tearin' off," he commented. Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures Yes, we 're safe enough, unless Gaskins talks, and he 's so in love with the McDonald girl he 'll spiel out big rather than have any scandal now. Molly McDonald A Tale of the Old Frontier She didn't try to carry any dog; but just blazes ahead and spiels out the talk. Torchy Say, gents,—eh—that feller had his spiel all right—eh—ain't he? Bob Hampton of Placer As I finish my spiel, I realize *I've* been keeping *him* distracted, standing there with the tweezers in one hand and a swab in the other. Eastern Standard Tribe Mainly it was the men, whom the "spiel" had lured. The Clarion I hate like hell to have to lie, except of course when I need a smooth spiel for the cops. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man "Now to the clinch—" "What'll we do till the next spiel—" "Have a shot?——" The Day of the Beast Anyhow it was a lecture by Lord Somebody for the benefit of Lord knows what; the nearest I could make out it was a spiel on "Do married men make the best husbands." Love Letters of a Rookie to Julie Well, for Heaven's sake here was the old minister started off again on one of his historical spiels. The Brimming Cup Well, I'm a slicker proposition with a pen than I ever was with a spiel. The Clarion But wait till my turn comes; I'll give his Honor a "spiel." The Road "You tell them you think Weaver is in her room, and I'll tell them my little spiel." Mavericks The minute I heard it I saw where it was hot stuff for my spiel. The Rules of the Game Right after the sea-lions, the orchestra spieled some teetery music, and out floats a woman, slim and graceful as an antelope. Pardners That was the foundation of it all; the old days when I did the 'spieling' and you took in the dollars. The Clarion Flash being an old friend of ours Bunch had to fall for the spiel and loaned him the Bubble forthwith. Get Next! Standing just outside, the angry lover watched the girl "spiel" round and round with a man of doubtful respectability. What eight million women want But like a flash it comes to me how it would fit in to a spiel. The Rules of the Game "Spiel, Tscho, spiel, spiel," was shouted on every side, and at last Tscho took the floor with a fiddle and began to play. Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America Same little bless� makes a spiel; Says he: "When I saw our driver reel, A Strange Shape leapt to the driving wheel And sped us safe through the night." Ballads of a Bohemian "What kind of spiels do you give 'em?" she inquired with growing interest. Polly of the Circus You spiel by holding hands with your partner at arms' length, and whirling round and round at the highest possible speed. What eight million women want I got some of my best spiels from the funniest places! The Rules of the Game You—that 're always spieling about how scientists ought to rule the world, instead of a bunch of spread-eagle politicians—can't you see that I'm all the science there is here? Main Street And I shows them my battered biscuit-tin, and I makes my modest spiel, And they laughed, they did, when I opened the lid, and out there popped Lucille. Ballads of a Bohemian The side-showman was already beginning his spiel in the lot below. Polly of the Circus The effect of the spiel is a species of drunkenness which creates an instant demand for liquor, and a temporary recklessness of the possible results of strong drink. What eight million women want That one this morning is a wonder, because it don't listen like a spiel. The Rules of the Game What the deuce did that last spiel mean? Main Street "Say, spiel that part again 'bout Penelope with the kisses on her mouth, an' you can kid me till the cows come home." The Mucker If Pardon don't spiel like tarnation And win the next heat — if he can — He'll earn a disqualification; Just think over THAT, now, my man!' The Man from Snowy River They have lectured audiences galore and talked to countless journalists, and have learned to refine their spiels. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier I look all over the front page and make up a spiel on the cars. Michael O'Halloran You think you respect me—you always hand out some spiel about my being so 'useful.' Main Street "That's a queer spiel," said Birdie Lee, in a troubled way. The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale I heard the sound of the Park in full swing behind him—children’s laughter; bright, recorded animatronic spiels; the tromp of thousands of feet. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom When Artie goes to a wedding, he records that "there was a long spiel by the high guy in the pulpit." America To-day, Observations and Reflections It is the "spiel" the barker gives that packs the tent. Business Correspondence I had to show myself in front of the curtain and give them a spiel about a sudden indisposition. The Abandoned Room People curious enough to ask him about it received the same well-prepared spiel. Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software The faint sounds of the tiki-drums and the spieling Jungle Cruise guides leaked through the room, a low-key ambient buzz from two of the Park’s oldest rides. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom You see, now, I've sold this whole spiel that I've just given you folks to a big newspaper syndicate, and I got well paid. Raspberry Jam I saw her hook a loop with Gill the Grip, With Pinky Smith and Handsome Hank she heeled; With all the dossy bunks she took a skip Each time the German tune-professor spieled. The Love Sonnets of a Car Conductor "We've made our spiel," he began; then he launched into a repetition of his former statement of facts. The Winds of Chance Those who interpreted the spiel as a word-for-word parody of the Watergate hearings only got half the message. Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software |
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