He buttonholed Keeper Walter Thuman. Said the newsman to Zooman Thuman: “What most annoys you here?” Zooman Thuman to the newsman: “Balls are what I fear.” Mourned Keeper Thuman ...

At the door I met the sociable Wheeler returning, and he buttonholed me and recommenced: “Well, thish-yer Smiley had a yaller one-eyed cow that didn’t have no tail, only jest a short stump lik ...

“Technical people always complain about being buttonholed at every family get-together by relatives who want “free tech support.” But why do they want this? Why do they need it? The answer is that ...

YouGov’s breakdown of voting intentions from January this year said that 73 per cent of 18 to 24 year olds would vote for ...

The effect is very much like hanging out at a bar and being buttonholed by a series of eccentric regulars. It’s very American, this form of storytelling, reminiscent of Mark Twain, the writer deWitt ...

In early March, a reporter from a Hong Kong television station buttonholed Wang Wei, the deputy commander of the PLAAF, about the H-20. Wang was leaving the 14th National Committee of the Chinese ...

However, Haydn had also composed operas, oratorios and church music with similar enthusiasm and self-regard. Too easily buttonholed as a Viennese composer, he interacted consistently with the musical ...

One night an enraged customer buttonholed Janice to tell her that someone was sitting in her seat, and what was she going to do about it. Examining the ticket, Janice was able to tell her ...

YOU'RE walking – or, if it's a fine day, skipping – along the street, minding your own business. If the skipping hasn't left you out of puff, you may even whistle, perhaps buoyed by the ...

Preparatevi ad un bel pippone. Get ready to be buttonholed. Ce la fate a risparmiarmi il pippone sul non bere e fumare? Could you spare me the lecture about not drinking and smoking? A word of warning ...

Life-jolting chance encounters and money—its absence, its abundance, its magical properties—animate “Table for Two,” Amor ...

Operating from the UN lobby, he has successfully buttonholed important UN envoys and posed questions on civilian sufferings and related issues around the world. The Government was embarrassed by the ...