Plus, they give a nod to The Great Gatsby, one of the lasting symbols of the American Dream.

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While dirndls still give a nod to tradition with wide skirts, corsets and aprons, designers have given the outfit a modern twist with brighter colours, fresh design and a little extra room in the corset to allow for plenty of beer drinking.

BBC: In Munich, trachten turns trendy

The world media will probably give a nod to the humanitarian act, but that will be followed by requisite calls for democracy and the recognition of Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy as landslide winners of the 1990 elections and rightful rulers of Myanmar.

CNN: A DYING WISH

The most anxious of diners can recruit the waitress to give a nod when a party is leaving, try again on a Tuesday night or a Saturday morning, or head across the street to Five Leaves, which shares owners and is a definite restaurant, wait list and all.

NEWYORKER: Nights and Weekends

The line chefs chopping up eggplant, give him a nod as he walks over to another blue barrel, only this one is half full with used cooking oil.

NPR: Biodiesel Enthusiasts Battle for Used Fry Oil

As best his intentions can be made out, he seems to deploy a slippery-slope argument to the effect that once you give more than the slightest nod of acceptance to ideological or ethnic differences you are on the path to unspeakable atrocities in their name.

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