1.   And he resorted again to the verbal gymnastics that Starr and many in Congress consider to be at best disingenuous and at worst perjurious.

2.   Gore and Bush are so put off by the thought of losing that they engaged in verbal gymnastics last week to avoid using the L-word.

3.   If not a circus, the week did offer some verbal gymnastics as Yeltsin aides sought to offer spin control worthy of any Washington consultant.

4.   In a comedy that turns on nimble character construction and verbal gymnastics, she comes off as a sedentary cipher.

5.   The verbal gymnastics seemed to once again point out the tightrope the United States is walking as the South Asia region suddenly becomes vitally important to its interests.