Steve Steel smiles, picks up his camera and asks for hush.
The first elf he makes a pass at, a single mother whose three kids are sitting right there, decides to teach him a whimsical lesson and sends each of the kids up to Santa's lap to ask for hush money.
The politician took particular umbrage over the 'personal' questioning of her daughter ('by my own government') and accused the tax officials of asking for 50,000 rupees (£750) to hush up the case.
His finger often flew to his lips asking for less; Mr. Abbado's performances are famous for the extreme hush he can draw from an orchestra.
Mr. Dennehy's favored Davis films are "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane," the star's 1962 comeback after she had asked for a job in a trade newspaper advertisement, and "Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte," the 1965 movie about which the critic Kenneth Tynan wrote, "This wasted Bernhardt with her screen filling eyes and electrifying vocal attack, squeezes genuine pathos from a role conceived in cardboard".
At the time, Wolverine World Wide, the maker of Hush Puppies and other footwear brands, asked for a fresh concept for UP Footgear, its new mall-based stores.
Occasionally, an eerie hush fell over the site as authorities asked for complete silence so their listening devices would not pick up stray sounds.
In a hushed tone, (not too hushed for me) she went over protocol, and asked for the optimum time for this guy to come in.
The plan goes awry when the fight turns real and one of the women sues the other for assault, and Peggy has to ask Don for bail and hush money.
"What's going to happen to you?" Mary asks, her voice hushed with concern, but the fear is as much for her own future with Ben.
