1.   House Speaker Newt Gingrich, not known for buttoning his lip, was already practicing his minimalist approach Monday.

2.   Kennedy should have called a meeting last week when the team was in Detroit and told the fellas to button their lips until after the final game Sunday.

3.   Reportedly, the league then told Sutter to button his lip.

4.   Some days, Jediyna bats away the syringes and buttons her lips, spitting out the medicine Ms. Nieves has struggled to squirt in.

5.   Starks and the Knicks were obviously in the mood to make Miller pay for his impudence, seal off his perimeter game and button his lip.

6.   They buttoned their lips, perished their thoughts and begged the Lord not to lead them unto temptation.