1. In San Francisco, lilacs are a sure-fire conversation stopper. 2. His comment was a conversation stopper. 3. Four thousand goose-grazing hours an acre are not to be bandied about lightly as a conversation stopper. 4. 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. 5. In these books, history and tradition are not conversation stoppers, not concepts to be invoked with a respectful hush. 6. It was a conversation stopper. |