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  • These two requirements alone mean that many hopeful wannabes will not even get to first base.
  • Tell those candy-ass wannabe pitchers to stick it.
  • Dozens of wannabe singers compete for the chance to attain pop stardom. Times, Sunday Times
  • But now the wannabe mechanic has masterminded an innovative scheme to help put both himself and other youngsters on the road to success.
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  • Scores of wannabees thronged to the auditions for the York Theatre Royal pantomime, Babes In The Wood.
  • It is thought the wannabe star had a heart attack after industrial silicone was injected into her veins. The Sun
  • Please tell me that you're directly involved in the process, not a power plant "wannabee" like myself. Looking Back and Looking Forward - NASA Watch
  • Wong Ping Yee tries to help two sisters who own the Four Seas restaurant (Cherrie Ying and Ai Kago) while training a young and romantically foolish wannabe chef named Ken'ichi Lung Kin Yat (Vanness Wu) to win the competition which will make him the Top Chef of China. George Heymont: A Chaotic Cornucopia of Culinary Cinema (VIDEOS)
  • The star system encourages wannabes who push things too far. Times, Sunday Times
  • It is a lighthearted account by an unlikely bunch of wannabes and has beens.
  • Not your typical surfing-doc wannabes, the subjects here are favela kids in Rio, whose dreams of turning pro are put into life-or-death perspective by the local drug-dealing gang culture. This week's new films
  • There was no bottle of rum for this wannabe sailor. The Sun
  • Not only is this a big seller with the wannabe gangstas, this gnome has gotten some street cred from real playas as well.
  • There was a moment in Sandhurst when some young wannabe cannon fodder was hauled over the coals. Times, Sunday Times
  • Go on strike by all means, but don't be surprised if some unknown blackleg wannabe steals your job.
  • The man on the prowl piddled in his Rambo-wannabe camouflage pants and fled the scene.
  • However unhappy the voters are with Labour, they are unlikely to replace it with Labour wannabes.
  • That was when he was a 16-year-old wannabe, caddying for his local club professional. The Sun
  • Wannabe entrepreneurs had a key ally: technology. Times, Sunday Times
  • The main selling point was the five unreleased songs recorded by a young New Jersey wannabe long before he scaled dizzying heights of fame. The Sun
  • And if he gets his way, then there would be another occasion for textual frotteurism and iconographical link-orgy: a sculptural band of friezes in which we see the wannabe urban planner in the guise of the Angel of Modernism — Meier Dux, the liberator of the Eternal City from its own ancientness. Sewer Zeppelins for the Era of Infrastructural Anarchy & Other Roman Tales
  • The play scoffs at citizens like Gertrude who marry above their station; at wannabe gallants like Quicksilver the apprentice; and at ‘false’ gentlemen such as the new-made knight Sir Petronel Flash.
  • She knew she was badder than these wannabe hoodlums.
  • Just to prove that the Third Tier isn’t comprised of a bunch of wannabes that will never amount to much beyond a fairly decent glass of Bordeaux with your steak and pommes frites, consider this Parker commentary on a 2005 Bordeaux that, as of this writing, remains in barrel. Investing in Liquid Assets
  • It is thought the wannabe star had a heart attack after industrial silicone was injected into her veins. The Sun
  • She's a narcissist, striving to impress her tawdry wannabe high-brow friends.
  • Alas, as the 1970s turned to the 1980s, the two major corporate publishers, Marvel and DC, turned their backs on the general audience -- especially children -- to saturate the emerging (adult) fan market flocking to comics specialty stores, and since the fan market wanted superheroes and more superheroes, that's what the Big Two, and a remora-school of wannabes, gave them. The Myth of the Fall of the American Comic Book
  • There is plenty of unfounded snobbery as well (Where the dead sergeant's wife becomes the general's widow) and wannabee poets, artists and the suchlike finding happiness in their reinventions. Page 2
  • In truth, Newport Beach has always drawn a diverse population of sailing enthusiasts and dory fishermen, Gatsby wannabes and dedicated surfers, limo owners and beach-cruiser pedalers.
  • His high school days are coming to an end and the wannabe doctor has already mapped out his future up until the age of 30.
  • Her nieces and nephews get all her attention, ahead of pop wannabes. The Sun
  • The bar is frequented by wannabe actresses and film directors.
  • This merely to set up a sight gag when the curtain rises: a vanity gallery of portraits of the old bachelor as wannabe maestro. Times, Sunday Times
  • Y Combinator a ‘farm team’ seed funder for greenhorns all of which are Web 2.0 wannabes that would have no chance of making it without a ’seed hedge fund’ manager. Who Are the Y Combinator Companies?
  • What does this mean for pop wannabes? Times, Sunday Times
  • The former Wimbledon champion, heart-throb, wannabe rock star and the man who made the first ascent through the crowd on Centre Court, is the most astonishing interviewee I have encountered: he is both delightful and quite terrifying.
  • I had to face the drunken tramps and the scorn of those wannabe policemen and women: the ticket inspectors.
  • Also, the first time I have seen a wannabee wear an unauthorized Good Conduct Medal. Heroes or Villains?
  • The first episode sees the wannabe apprentices tasked with selling cheap souvenir tat to hapless London tourists. The Sun
  • There were so many choir wannabes that they filled the choir platform, the stalls and the circle seats - and outnumbered the audience confined to the upper galleries.
  • But the wannabe stars had plenty of help with a whole host of superstars taking to The X Factor stage.
  • Moreover, all these wannabe startups fall suspiciously silent when you start talking about stuff like latent semantic indexing and polysemic hierarchies. Quintura Visual Search Engine Relaunches
  • An institute by the name of ILP desillusions any well-faithed wannabe. Archive 2006-05-01
  • Actually, the job is so huge, the spotlight so hot, the weight of becoming part of history so heavy, that some candidates go through a mental process of demystifying the job, say those who have known presidents and presidential wannabes.
  • Cheaper, botched fakes were sold or sharewared to low-level gangs of boodler wannabes. The Hacker Crackdown
  • Musical wannabes turned out in force to listen to fledgling bands, play instruments and enrol for lessons.
  • The company must think there are an awful lot of wannabe property moguls out there. Times, Sunday Times
  • Evvy buddy noes goggies is kitteh wannabes, cuz kittehs gets bedder fuds. Meow meow - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
  • Essentially, the sisters' show is a series of sketches set in a stage school which is staffed and attended by grotesques, halfwits and bubble-brained wannabes.
  • Parra IS an island, politically, and that island is called St. Helena, for this wannabe, rubber-room Napolean. Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Friday
  • Two wannabe boxers get mixed up with the Mob when they make a delivery to a crime lord. The Sun
  • Meanwhile, they milk her god-given attributes to mobilize armies of budding wannabes by sanitizing her sexuality, and legions of men by fetishizing her purity.
  • If Google just got contacts sharing right, sooooo many little rinky-dink Exchange wannabees would go out of business. Google Contacts Open To Non-Gmail Users | Lifehacker Australia
  • The wannabe singer wowed the judges and was put through to the next round. The Sun
  • Who exactly is interested in another wannabee? Stop giving her press if you want her to be ignored.
  • wannabee" impersonations is not at all a matter of dispute to anyone of sound mind and a passing familiarity with Roman Catholicism. Boston.com Most Popular
  • My palms were actually sweating the first time I typed 'amputee' into a search engine," one wannabe wrote to me. A New Way to Be Mad
  • Yes, snow could be the new sand for skiers and skiing wannabes in this United Arab Emirates sheikhdom.
  • More than 15,000 wannabes have been waiting in line through the night for their chance at stardom.
  • It's a bizarre mix of ski bums, transients, small businesses, families, settled hippies, hippy wannabes, and red necks, but everyone seems to get along.
  • Rush bends over and presents his oversized @ss like an Italian Don presenting his ring to a wannabe) * smoochy smoochy smooch smooch*, I don't know what I was saying suh, I stepped on your toes suh and ahs sorry suh .. fnckin 'token idiot .. CNN Political Ticker
  • I think the best thing you can do in the face of terrorists or terrorist-wannabes is just to say, “Hey, fuckoff.” The Volokh Conspiracy » Faisal Shahzad Allegedly Admits to Attempted Times Square Bombing
  • But I do know good music from bad music, and I can tell the difference between talented musicians and tone-deaf wannabes with no sense of rhythm.
  • The concept was ‘Stars’, and a range of lookie-likies (read wannabes) were mincing around in the crowd.
  • The other nine wannabes will be offered parts in soaps such as Holby City and Casualty.
  • The wannabe singer wowed the judges and was put through to the next round. The Sun
  • He is a Jesse Jackson wannabe; aphony who made tons of money and fame on the big lie. Talking about "non-Barack-backing blacks" in January 2007.
  • Already a waiting list of wannabe entrepreneurs is being drawn up. Times, Sunday Times
  • Would-be, wannabe, might-have-been, Moss is an incarnation of that combination of boulomaic modality and subjunctivity level so common in Crime and Realism, that of failure, of events that "should have happened, but did not". Archive 2008-01-01
  • He says the first thing wannabe grapplers are taught is how to fall properly, because safety is paramount, and they then progress onto a basic move called the collar and elbow tie-up, which is the move that starts most matches.
  • But they're not missing much - this lacklustre gaggle of wannabes spent practically all day lolling around in bed. The Sun
  • Parra IS an island, politically, and that island is called St. Helena, for this wannabe, rubber-room Napolean. Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Friday
  • Mars One says it will start considering applications from wannabe astronauts from all over the world from 2013.
  • Lisa quickly diverted from her lacky wannabe followers and stood by Hannah's locker.
  • Wannabe entrepreneurs had a key ally: technology. Times, Sunday Times
  • He is a television regular, lacerating the aspirations of bumbling, wannabe chefs.
  • In a wide open race, Wannabe Around broke from the start and opened up a five-length lead with three furlongs to go.
  • A cross between the hog-tie and wrestling, this event will separate the parents from the wannabes. Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms
  • Already a waiting list of wannabe entrepreneurs is being drawn up. Times, Sunday Times
  • Y'all wannabees [want-to-bes, i.e., those also aspiring to appear as ignorant gadflies] need a bith slap [I'll get back to you on this one, after some checking. . . apparently a slap from a "bith" possibly a slang term for a female dog with a lisp, but don't quote me on that] ...so here it comes. Since Too Many City Hall Spinsters Are Only Talking About Me, Here Are Some Things To Discuss Instead
  • Veterans call them by all sorts of names: phonies, fakes, imposters, wannabes.
  • This Chris Brown guy is yet another example of our culture and society being destroyed by overhyped, untalented cretins who pose and preen themselves into some kind of wannabe phenomena. Chris Brown Not Guilty Plea
  • Carl Elliott, the author of Better Than Well, talks about amputee wannabes, Extreme Makeover, and the meta-ethics of bioethics The Drug Pushers
  • Teignbridge Tory wannabe MP Annie Marie Morris has the NHS's number (but make sure you check it): posted by Cptn Ba-arp, barp-barp. People's Republic of South Devon» The People’s Republic of South Devon
  • There was a moment in Sandhurst when some young wannabe cannon fodder was hauled over the coals. Times, Sunday Times
  • I've been posting about how one of the things that really, really has me frothing about this whole situation w/jihad jane is the astonished amazement that (white) americans would ever be recruited into the likes of al aqaeda (or al qaeda wannabes). Dreams.
  • Like you he hates wannabe gangstas who lie about their history of crime and drugs.
  • Get creative with other people's dos by taking one of the two major avenues for hairdresser wannabes in Montreal.
  • Perhaps not as classy as the likes of the Blue Bar or Ling Ling, this is a great place to go and have a chilled night out without having to worry about posers and wannabe trendies.
  • But unless she cuts back her office hours, it is the jealous wannabes who will fill out the bar at the trendy nightspot, while she, as ever, assiduously works late into the night.
  • Are these serial terrorist failures (a) dupes (or not) used by Al-Q to probe US law enforcement techniques and thereby gather intelligence in advance of “the big one,” or (b) boobish 9/11 wannabes who just want to get in on the martyrdom love? The Volokh Conspiracy » Faisal Shahzad Allegedly Admits to Attempted Times Square Bombing
  • I then split the dough as needed, and preshape my wannabe-loaves in order to put the dough in tension, kinda, then let them rest for another half an hour on the counter, covered with a cloth. The Fresh Loaf
  • Last year one act from the dumped wannabes was invited back on to the show as part of a wild card twist. The Sun
  • Musical wannabes turned out in force to listen to fledgling bands, play instruments and enrol for lessons.
  • I am amused by the farcical notion that the greatest nation needs to be educated and saved by a meathead ironworker … We live in a fantasy SamJoe the wannabe plumber world … Think Progress » WellPoint Failed To Deliver Tens Of Millions Of Dollars It Promised To Help Uninsured Americans
  • Ironic that she's jumping ship because of out of tune bandmaster Herr Honicker Braun and his East German Wannabes. Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege
  • This two-seater roadster looks much better with the roof down rather than up; it is transformed into an Audi TT wannabe at a fraction of the price.
  • The friends joked about how jaded they had become regarding the dating scene in West Hollywood, which they found to be filled with "celebrity wannabes" and "shallow gym bunnies."
  • The wannabes convened yesterday on a symbolic casting couch. Times, Sunday Times
  • They are also both wannabe rock stars. The Sun
  • In an attempt to nullify Henry Louis Gates 'lifetime of major achievement, the far-right polemicist and intellectual wannabe mocks his better thus: Archive 2009-07-01
  • No more did wine wannabes have to resurrect their schoolboy French, or brave the obscurities of the appellation system to order a bottle of plonk.
  • Its idiots out crawling around with potbellies in camo being wannabe soldiers who frighten the population when it comes to firearms ownership. Follow-up: Patriots or Extremists?
  • Ask DeeterNot really sure what a wannabe fly fisherman is ... The Abel-Madoff Dish from the Drake
  • A medic then told the wannabe singer to sit for a few hours with an ice pack on her head. The Sun
  • There are a lot of wannabe critics out there trying to write something punchy. Times, Sunday Times
  • I'm talking the original, manly, 70's Brawny man, with the bitchin 'moustache, not this lame Bruce Campbell wannabe that beat me up in middle school for playing magic cards. Archive 2008-03-01
  • Marvin blocked her way, his legs spread out and his hands at his hips like a nerdy swashbuckler wannabe.
  • It must have been the end of the school day for them as a flurry of wannabe clowns, tumblers and tightrope walkers came out of the bar as I was passing by.
  • Where they stand together is in wanting to control the growth of their young wannabes. Times, Sunday Times
  • The invite includes a twirl around the opening night party at the Roxy, so I'll get to hobnob with some wannabe Culture Club kids and celebutantes.
  • Americans drive every where, but new yorkers dont like acting like americans, they always wannabe more european. Whence the Name - Anil Dash
  • My first baseball game, (the Mets against someone or other) was thoroughly ruined by the wannabe sports commentator motormouth sitting a row in front of me who loudly berated everyone on the field for the entire duration of the game.
  • He is not an addict btw, he likes all of that new age stuff, a wannabe rastafari/hippie. xD [Help] Most Recent Posts
  • Dozens of wannabe singers compete for the chance to attain pop stardom. Times, Sunday Times
  • For every Sinatra, there were legions of wannabes, never-weres and almost-weres.
  • What does this mean for pop wannabes? Times, Sunday Times
  • Does the wannabe glamour model honestly imagine her taxpayer-funded antics will lead to fame and fortune? The Sun
  • The way he handles the nervous contestants - even the wackiest of wannabes - is simply lovely. The Sun
  • So far, all I had was a little harmless flirting going on between a wannabe superstar and a jock-riding hoochie. Show Stoppah
  • Of course, all these statements, because of their lack of 100% acritical worship of a religious, political and financial institution with a very mixed history, are to be easily dismissed as “ignorant” by the Ratzinger wannabes. What the future holds for Catholic Women…but don’t get too excited
  • He fulfilled a dream chased by many wannabee parents, taking the opportunity to drive his wife and child home from hospital.
  • He shot to stardom in Fame Academy, where his wild performances stood out against other pop wannabes.
  • In 2004, he conducted a study of 52 people who identified as amputee-wannabes. Cutting Desire
  • I am not for one moment suggesting that the people behind the masks were little more than wannabe hardmen and rebel song-loving culchie geeks out to get that same sort of thrill from seventies terrorist gear that similar oddballs in other parts of the world get from throwing on some Waffen SS kit. Archive 2009-08-01
  • the audience was full of Madonna wannabes
  • My perception is that democrats are power hungry despotic wannabees who are only interested in lording over others. Patrick supports Kennedy's wish for interim senator
  • They provide me and others with entertainment, and for the masochistic wannabes in our profession they offer opportunities for suffering that might be difficult to find in more remunerative sectors such as janitorial services or fast food. Job Offer of the Week
  • The first wannabes performed two weeks ago in Glasgow, but execs have now decided auditions will be in front of an audience. The Sun
  • Why Robert Bresson didn't keep the pathetic Jerry Lewis wannabe from staggering around like a spastic is a mystery that may never be solved. Cut me a big slice of that ham acting.
  • He plays Andy Millman, a wannabe actor condemned to play walk-on roles or merge into crowd scenes, all the while grumbling about the stars.
  • Why, the S/R even has an amateur "humor" columnist named Doug Clark (a kind of pudgy Dave Barry wannabe who lacks only the intelligence and wit to vault him to stardom in Boise or Elko) who was classy enough to write yet another insulting attack on West just last week, following Frontline's expose of the S/R's reprehensible smear campaign against West. Sound Politics: Vote for America's worst newspaper
  • Two wannabe boxers get mixed up with the Mob when they make a delivery to a crime lord. The Sun
  • I was into punk music and there was this wannabee band from Ireland called U2. Dear John, I use to salivate over you. Love my teen aged, delusional self. xoxo « Bored Mommy
  • These shot glasses are perfect for wannabe mobsters and molls who like to pretend they're boozing in a strip joint instead of a room and kitchen in Paisley.
  • Of course, the true champion for many trees probably grows in obscurity like a wannabe actor waiting to be discovered.
  • Best In Show director/co-writer/actor Christopher Guest has mined a rich vein of comedy out of the wannabe-famous.
  • Her message to her erstwhile friends is: 'I wannabe away. The Sun
  • Separately, sauté the shallots (the onion wannabe of the allium world). Archive 2009-09-01
  • He specialises in finding sites for self-builders and unmodernised buildings for wannabe renovators. Times, Sunday Times
  • If I would place a finger on my discomfort, I would relate my concern for the lack of discipline I percieve in a lot of hardcase wannabees with "assault weapons". Rove Tweets Hunting
  • One of the good things that could be said about the character was that he nailed the fake gangsta, wannabe rude-boy young British male who wants to be down with hip-hop really, really well
  • NT Director Nicholas Hytner gets an awesome ensemble performance from his troupe—the sub-plot of wannabe-actor Alan (Daniel Rigby) wanting to marry Pauline (Claire Lams), whom her gangster father (Fred Ridgeway) has promised to the murdered gangster is equally sidesplitting. Small-Screen Stars Shine on Stage
  • Babe is just a wannabe and a worryguts; I mean where's your sense of adventure woman?
  • But Tea Partiers, and mama grizzlies, and blow-dried wannabe witches, and their acolytes, don't want to live in Somalia. Christina Patterson: Why We All Need a Rally to Restore Sanity
  • CAN we stand another wannabe celeb in a reality show? The Sun
  • Initially the government tried to dismiss the protesters as frustrated wannabe politicians and disillusioned youngsters who did not understand the complexity of the situation.
  • It was always a bit of a laugh watching on TV, the parades from around the world as 5th generation Oirish wannabes in New York or Sydney put on their green shamrocks, choked on their half Guinness and generally acted the eejit.
  • CAN we stand another wannabe celeb in a reality show? The Sun
  • But for many comedy fans, watching wannabe comics trying to win their own DVD release was one of the guiltiest pleasures of the summer. This week's new comedy
  • In the current climate of money-grubbing gangstas, fake rockers and endorsement-laden rap-metalers, this album is like a welcome breath of hate in a world of posers and wannabes.
  • THE judges must whittle down the wannabes to the final 32 acts tomorrow night. The Sun
  • Then you ride in phlegmy contact with every disease ridden proletarian in the city, drinking undrinkable coffee purchased from some dump or some over-priced Starbucks or wannabe. Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Making Fiscal Sense
  • Justin is, what over here UK we call a 'Walter Mitty', a blustering gobhsite, a wannabe-never-gonna-be, just full of piss and wind. Justin Hoffer: Raging Chickenhawk!
  • Yahoos trying it, Delicious does it the best, and there are wannabees in furl, wists, delirious, and many others. Archive 2005-07-01
  • She isn't the only wannabe to feel his sharp tongue. The Sun
  • One of the most frightening prospects facing any wannabe chef is the frenetic pace of the modern day professional kitchen.
  • She wasn't even that pretty with her contact blue eyes, eww Kasha wannabe and pale pink lipstick.
  • Competition is fierce from wannabes who see stunt work as the chance to mingle with film stars in exotic locations and crash fast cars. The Sun
  • Another set of wannabes are due to enter this year, albeit in smaller numbers as many singers are too fearful to audition. The Sun
  • Malkin is an unbelievable wacko, who is a couter wannabe. Associated Press To The Rescue! Palin Was Thoroughly Vetted, After All!
  • This year's instalment is all about the Costellos, who appear to be characters that the show's producer, Paul Marquess, had left over from Footballers 'Wives, but at least the fabulous Jordan wannabe Mitzeee is getting some proper screentime. The post-watershed wonder of Hollyoaks Later is worth celebrating
  • Known as a 'Ty Cobb wannabe' for his flashing spikes and surly manner, this slugger always swings for the fences.
  • Local ones are fleshy, ripe, and burst with flavor, according to local growers n versus what they call the pale, mealy "wannabees" coming from out of state! Undefined
  • He has manoeuvred himself into the sweet spot where wannabe collectors, no matter how dumb (indeed, the dumber the better), feel somehow ignorable without a Hirst or two. Auction as Art Work: Aussies scrap over Damien Hirst
  • And they don't even have the excuse Sheena Easton has - Bellshill's former pop diva might be a wannabe Yank, but at least she has lived in America for years.
  • We also know well the restaurants to avoid, in particular the over-priced, under serviced wannabee high class eateries founded by gringos who charge North American prices for food that wants greater ambition than dispensing North American fare to the hungry, the humdrum and the unitiated. Good morning, Melaque: one day in a small Mexico beach town
  • The kune kune society has had a further say, warning that too many wannabe mini pig owners rush in without knowing their kune kunes from their Gloucester Old Spots. Micro pig farm gets ad ban for pet that's not so wee wee wee
  • The former Wimbledon champion, heart-throb, wannabe rock star and the man who made the first ascent through the crowd on Centre Court, is the most astonishing interviewee I have encountered: he is both delightful and quite terrifying.
  • Quite simply, everyone in the entertainment industry is here, from the stars to the wannabes.
  • He is on the opposite end of the social spectrum, a wannabe aristocrat without the breeding to easily fit in.
  • When the Newark riot broke out, I watched the news on a kitchen TV with my co-workers, most of them either garden-variety potheads or revolutionary wannabes. Deconstructing Obama
  • The series features wannabe models completing a series of challenges including photoshoots, with the hope of becoming the face of a beauty brand.
  • While the four catwalk wannabes were being transformed by a top team of stylists, hairdressers and make-up artists, scouts from top agency Models 1 were scouring the store for new talent.
  • But generally, the standard is high - these funny and charming wannabes are the equal of many stand-ups I've seen on the circuit.
  • Some folks work, you hear me, work at writing day and night, go to workshops, join crit groups, do everything they can to make the next word better, the next sentence better, and I'll be damned if I let you come off with this elitist no-clue attitude, you semi-pro wannabe!) to write or you don't. Poetus Interruptus
  • The narrative is uneven, the pacing - not exactly enlivening, the costuming - very wannabe - and the music - thoroughly off-putting
  • As Smashie and Nicey, two dim but smug veteran platter-spinners, they parodied the worst kind of radio voices as crescendos of self-promotion and wannabe-trendy vocabulary.
  • Her nieces and nephews get all her attention, ahead of pop wannabes. The Sun
  • It means the pop wannabes are likely to find out whether they have made the live finals at the same time as viewers. The Sun
  • In their writing, wannabe journalists conjure some astonishing images.
  • Like Summers and Klein, a number of the wannabes are arrogant and unlistening. Benjamin R. Barber: Obama's Cabinet Candidates: Harvard Rules and Wisdom Wanes
  • Ever since he has become a wannabee politician, he has been in decline.
  • It's about doing the right thing and somebody not being able to call you a "jigaboo" or a "wannabe". CNN Transcript Apr 12, 2007
  • The next red carpet pileup outside the Kodak Theater may be four months away, but with the beginning of the holiday season, a tidal wave of Oscar wannabes is hitting theaters.
  • And at this stage the wannabe entrepreneur must be prepared to put his or her money where their mouth is. Times, Sunday Times
  • He'd landed the job by meeting a Canadian coterie at the Cannes festival, where he bummed around as a wannabe filmmaker, sleeping on the beach and sneaking into movies with a fake pass.
  • In the end it's a much needed survey of the history and possibility of sex research and methods with a whole lot of wannabe comedy writing and pointless memoirism piled on top. MetaFilter Projects
  • Yadda, yadda, yadda, here we are today: College football, Dick Clark and Times Square, drunken amateur pyro-wannabes setting off bottle-rockets, Nachos, Champagne etc ... Cicily Janus: A New New Year's Resolution: Redefining the Tradition
  • Each of the presidential wannabes is carving out their own signature issue.
  • Although many are ready to leap to the conclusion that Awlaki helped to "brainwash" and "indoctrinate" these jihadi wannabes, it is much more likely that they sought out the popular Internet preacher because they already self-radicalized to the point of wanting reassurance and further guidance. Scott Atran: Understanding How the Privileged Become Violent Fanatics
  • Indeed, when compared to the Italian cannibal films of the '70s and '80s, Rob's little road movie is an artsy-fartsy wannabe.
  • Hundreds of stars, celebs, wannabes and liggers are air-kissing and back-biting their way through a string of posh parties in the capital tonight and tomorrow.
  • The 10 presidential wannabes will take on one another today at a debate in New York.
  • The days of rock-star wannabe, red winkle-pickers and embarrassing 1980s’ garb are long gone and Kerr leads a sophisticated life.
  • And if he gets his way, then there would be another occasion for textual frotteurism and iconographical link-orgy: a sculptural band of friezes in which we see the wannabe urban planner in the guise of the Angel of Modernism — Meier Dux, the liberator of the Eternal City from its own ancientness. Sewer Zeppelins for the Era of Infrastructural Anarchy & Other Roman Tales
  • Bonus points for also working in a Buffy reference (the victim, a talented artist and bloodsucker wannabe named Crow, had been staked). Beat Cop: 'Castle' brings the return of Captain Tightpants! | EW.com
  • Granted, we never buy the Lina-Evan hook-up, especially since Cody Longo has little chemistry with Ms. Milian and that makes their snuggle scenes a tad tiring and the wannabe "wigger" jokes are offensive. PopMatters
  • She is flat-out awesome as murderess and stage-struck wannabe, Roxie Hart.

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