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It all started when the down-to-earth Mary Louise made an off-hand comment at a baby shower in praise of a pink outfit that the Ethridges purchased for the expected arrival, whose sex was known before birth because of an ultrasound.

For Some Grandparents, Last Goal is to Be Grandkids' Favorites Con Chapman 2011

He might not have the tools or interest to monitor sales that closely during the day, or perhaps he could not say off-hand how much was sold on a typical day in January.

Ice Cream Demand, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

I can't help but remember how he had a series of strokes and lost use of his right hand (his painting hand) and yet had the willpower and skill to teach himself to paint with his off-hand.

Frank Frazetta (1928-2010) greygirlbeast 2010

Bloomberg reported that the PlayBook will be able to support Android apps, which seemed to be backed up by an off-hand comment a RIM representative made at the Mobile World Congress last month.

Report: RIM's PlayBook to launch April 10? 2011

Q: On the DVD commentary for New Moon, Chris Weitz kind of made and off-hand comment about your audition process.

Twilight Lexicon » Fansite Friday’s Presents: Tyson Houseman 2010

In one passage she writes about something Madeleine said to her the day the 4-year-old disappeared that she dismissed as an off-hand remark at the time: "Why didn't you come when Sean and I cried last night?" she recalls Madeleine having asked.

Kate McCann, Madeleine McCann's Mother, Writes About 4-Year Search For Her Daughter 2011

So off-hand remarks about beer marketing only add to the pile of Chuck Norris flicks, Donald Trump exploits, and Paris Hilton hijinks that surround the USA mythic persona.

Cinco de Mayo 2009

I can't think of any books off-hand, but I'm thinking about it.

Page 2 2010

But while it may be silly, it was not a flip, off-hand remark.

Jerry Capeci: Dapper Don as Dashing Don; Kasman Spins More Tall Tales Jerry Capeci 2011

I asked, and she said “Sure, yeah,” in that off-hand manner that she had.

Living for You Con Chapman 2011