Word: chatteringly
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...rare but gratifying moment. The arena rammed with music executives momentarily fell into a stunned silence. Then, the words: "And the 1999 Brit Award for best breakthrough act goes to: Belle and Sebastian" percolated through fogged brains, and noiseless shock gave way to intense chatter. Some questioned the result, but most just wanted to know, "Who the hell are Belle and Sebastian?" One exec thought they might be a firm of music lawyers. Pete Waterman, producer of Steps - the chart-topping pop puppets perceived as shoo-ins for the award - demanded an investigation. And so the bookish, reclusive Glasgow group...
...most of the night, the hall buzzed with the chatter of curious goyim and a veritable Who’s Who of campus Jewry, including Summers, Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ‘71, Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature Ruth R. Wisse, Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan Dershowitz, and former Undergraduate Council President Matthew J. Glazer...
...Academies, a leading sports-training facility, that means that for a tennis player competing in a typical 2-hr. match, only about 40 min. are spent on the court contesting points, leaving an hour and 20 min. between points with little to do but talk to oneself. Positive chatter can help the athlete stay focused, but if the conversation strays into fears of failing, then the self-talk can become counterproductive...
Relaxation techniques like deep breathing are also good for helping athletes quiet the mental chatter long enough for their bodies to perform. "You have to help them realize that 'I have to get out of my own way,'" says Simons. "Relaxing can help them imagine competing, getting in their own groove, feeling it, tasting it, reminding them of that feeling of flow...
...Administration maintains that advances in technology since FISA was passed make the court's procedures too slow to contend with the immense flood of electronic chatter that now passes in and out of the U.S. and which the agency has much improved means of capturing and analyzing. Justice Department officials say a FISA surveillance request can take up to a week to prepare, even for some seasoned department lawyers. One of them describes the requests as being "like mortgage applications" in their complexity. "When you get a terrorist's cell phone and there are 20 numbers in it," a former...