arm-waving

I know you're making a larger point on NASA's inability to exploit its brand, which is certainly valid and supportable -- but arm-waving over this relatively trivial thing isn't going to help you communicate that point.

Once Again NASA Ignores Its Own Success - NASA Watch 2009

They just try to hide this with a lot of distracting arm-waving about gold-plated insurance and electronic medical records.

Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Why Obamacare 2.0 is Like Cap-and-Trade 2010

The swans who don't conform, who throw punches; the uber-lipsticked prince who blankly gestures "huh?" when Swan Queen Odette unspools a sequence of nose-in-the-air fingerplay and arm-waving that approximates a 19th-century mime sequence carried out with 21st-century flimsiness.

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: Divas infuse humor, character in dances Sarah Kaufman 2010

This is a poorly written and poorly argued position paper; lots of arm-waving and posturing.

Abbey Lane: They're Back - NASA Watch 2009

For this capper, the full cast, after vamping through an arm-waving dance, frenetically and happily dashes, splashes and thrashes through "The River Flows and All is Well" by Siegfried Ganh ö r and To Rococo Rot.

Tides of Memory Robert Greskovic 2010

Because, so far, I have seen nobody come up with a budget figure, not even an arm-waving figure.

Hints of A Shuttle Extension Appear - NASA Watch 2009

So my arm-waving, question-asking, participatory style of teaching is pretty different to them, and earns me some funny looks (or blank stares).

Me, a teacher? hehehe. Kate Fleurange 2009

So my arm-waving, question-asking, participatory style of teaching is pretty different to them, and earns me some funny looks (or blank stares).

Archive 2009-07-01 Kate Fleurange 2009

Lost in the arm-waving about $1.60/hour parking and the throngs of shoppers at Washington Square is the simple fact that if you want to drive downtown and buy stuff you can do it without having to pay tp park.

Sticker shock (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

I, too, signed up for the DC wine events -- looking forward to meeting the arm-waving epoux of this blog -- and tasting the wines.

pressé - French Word-A-Day 2010