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You don't go to jail for being best friends.
Young men kept running up to me yelling, "Dude — take my picture with her!" When Laura Ingle from Fox interviewed me for being best dressed, I knew I had made a major faux pax.
Give Oxford and American Heritage credit for being best on the Americanism bummer, as used above; not only does N.O.A.D. list "a thing that is annoying or disappointing" first, with "an unpleasant reaction to a hallucinogenic drug" second, but both suggest that the origin is the German bummeln, "to stroll, loaf around," which is what bums used to do before they became homeless persons.
Thankfully, I have a sense of humour that prevents me from taking accolades of that nature on face value, or I'd've been in the tricky position of receiving the GQ award for being "best portal to a mystical dimension", which is a lot of pressure.
He was also selected as the All-class statewide best linebacker as part of the inaugural class of The Michigan Prep Football Great 8 awarded by the Mid-Michigan Touchdown Club for being best at his position in the state.
I have nothing against good works of people who sing for their supper, but I never got an award for being best CEO of a veteran public relations company.
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Ed Balls, the Schools Secretary, has faced charges that he is raising his profile for the same reason, while Alan Johnson, the Health Secretary, is being championed by many Labour MPs for being best-placed to take on David Cameron.
One daily newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle, which whined for weeks about being stiffed by Whitman, handed out fawning "awards" after the convention, thanking her campaign for the free drinks and citing the billionaire for best "press conference" and for being "best-dressed" in her black Armani suit.
Several, for example, are best known for being underknown.
For shoes boots are best.
But which phones are best for games?
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