Then, when asked about his pitcher, La Russa said, " I think it's going to be a conversation stopper ."
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For many people, checking Web sites acts as a conversation stopper that is bound to worsen with the proliferation of Internet-enabled phones and hand-held computers.
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As president of Business Travel in Norcross, Ga ., Bill Mayes remembers the days when plunking down a gold or platinum credit card at the lunch table was a conversation stopper.
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Even true believers, however, concede that at least so far, boasting that your hand-held is a Linux device is more likely to be a conversation stopper than starter.
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"Care to read this little tract on how you can save your immortal soul with a little Irish Spring ? " seemed to be a bit of a dinner-conversation stopper.
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One suggestion is often heard from professionals : Don't ask generic children questions-- like " What happened in school today ? "-- because they are real conversation stoppers.
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"` Care to read this little tract on how you can save your immortal soul with a little Irish Spring ? " seemed to be a bit of a dinner-conversation stopper.
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Membership also offers several miles of untracked powder, slippers for lunch while dining on perhaps grilled elk tenderloin with huckleberry sauce, and 3, 056 vertical feet of oh-my-god skiing where spotting another human being can be a conversation stopper.
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With as many as nine panels happening at once _ and many more, somewhat lighter topics ( like Chinese medicine and the future of movies and television ) programmed for discussion over daily lunches and dinners _ Davos is a pot-au-feu of conversation starters and conversation stoppers.
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In August 2000, the magazine published a letter from an Irish contestant, John O'Byrne, who wrote : " How I'll miss the fractured definitions, awful puns, conversation stoppers, one-letter misprints, ludicrous proverbs, openings of bad novels, near misses, et al . ( what a nice guy Al is ! ) . " Many entrants have since migrated to " The Washington Post " s similar " Style Invitational " feature.
