Cliché corner
By
Suzan Revah
Suzan Revah is a former AJR associate editor.
"Meanwhile, that giant sucking sound you hear is Pat Buchanan getting ready to explode." (Michael Kinsley on "Crossfire") Both arrive in stores today, both merit 4-star ratings and both have made a giant sucking sound on my free time over the past 10 days. (Mike Clark, USA Today) There was a giant sucking sound as the wealth of the world deposited itself in Yonkers' banks. (Washington Post) That giant sucking sound is my own startled gasp. I happened upon Alfie Kohn's latest book... (William Raspberry) That giant sucking sound you'd hear would be me slurping coffee trying to stay awake. (Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune) That giant sucking sound you're about to hear is Chicago dollars leaving for Hammond... (Chicago Sun-Times) The giant sucking sound in the Pacific-10 this season? It could be... (San Bernardino Sun) From five days in November. ###
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