My brother had never been the most rational of agents, but this one was the ill zinger.

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Romney was trying to soften his image by invoking Big Bird, but Obama nailed him as childish in his understanding of adult things with the battleship zinger.

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But the real zinger is not a rule at all.

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If gas prices this summer are as painful as foreseen, the Democrats have the potential for a zinger issue in the November election.

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One starts to appreciate the small gifts of coexistence that would have seemed utopian to our ancestors: the interracial family playing in the park, the comedian who lands a zinger on the commander in chief, the countries that quietly back away from a crisis instead of escalating to war.

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" Mr. O'Donnell couldn't resist firing off a zinger himself: "I just hope the jokes he tells are better than the ones he was telling on 'The Tonight Show.

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The other day I heard a LeBron fourth-quarter joke and it sounded like a zinger from Milton Berle.

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In July he sent a zinger of a message to higher-ups at EasyJet, following rumours that he might take the company private.

FORBES: Easy.com, Easy Go

In July he sent a zinger of a message to higher-ups at EasyJet, following rumors that he might take the company private.

FORBES: Easy.com, Easy Go