1.   Attacks upon a president in a democracy are supposed to be job-endangering verbal jabs, not life-threatening bullets.

2.   By then, the verbal jabs sounded like sour grapes.

3.   But you have more chance of convincing the balding Georgian to wear a toupee than to take a verbal jab at someone.

4.   Florida State offensive tackle Tarlos Thomas took a verbal jab at Florida defensive end Alex Brown this week.

5.   He almost poked one by Kings goaltender Stephane Fiset late in the game and exchanged friendly verbal jabs with his former teammate in French.

6.   He eyed Miller, mentally debating whether to pay a compliment or fire off a more-typical verbal jab.

7.   He would see George Steinbrenner, who hit him with a good-natured verbal jab, telling him he was needed back in the big leagues.

8.   Hill spent one camp scrimmage trading serious verbal jabs with Michael Curry and then stared down Theo Ratliff after going over Ratliff for a reverse dunk.

9.   Hill also is not above taking the verbal jab at other players.

10.   Sprint rivals and their mouthpieces are taking verbal jabs, some to boost their own confidence and others, perhaps, out of petty jealousy.