Andrew Ross Sorkin introduced the twins with a giddy smirk, over-crediting them with "literally changing the world of business media and even society," and then adding, "This is very special".
"Pomoc?" Jean Jacket repeated, smirking over his shoulder.
Snidely Whiplash types, twirling their mustaches and smirking over their evilness, do exist, but they're rare.
There's plenty of smirking over at the BBC Politics office in Millbank, as correspondents watch their dragon-boss, Sue Inglish, squirm during the Peter Hain dodgy undeclared donors affair.
Alexander smirked over his shoulder: "Since I'm the one who does them, I want to get this stuff off before I have to use a chisel".
This trajectory allows writers to wax nostalgic about "back in the day," when hip-hop was humble, all the while smirking over how far their baby has come.
The continuing smirks over Rummy's departure spilled over into full-blown glee at the news that a lawsuit is to be brought in Germany against the former defsec for alleged war crimes.
For every story that swoons over the sailor as broodingly masculine, ready to give all the nice girls a jolly rogering, there is another that smirks over him as mincingly effeminate.
When Nora and her best friend slice into their asparagus spears and pour that second glass of wine ("Nothing wrong with a little numbing"), you don't envision their creator smirking over a retro cocktail while she types.
