1.   The crowd of Westsiders laughed at the gentle dig.

2.   The Kansas senator was equally magnanimous, though he could not resist a gentle dig at the president.

3.   The Navy helped set up the Kandahar press operation, but even some in that service could not resist gentle digs at the Marines.

4.   But while praising each other and engaging in playful banter, they also got in some gentle digs.

5.   Still, Sen. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, the senior Democrat on the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, did get in a gentle dig.