Word: creaking
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...first act easily justifies the production of the play. Ten scenes are shown. They pass so quickly and so smoothly from one small alcove on the darkened stage to another that even the mechanics of Johannes Kreisler creak dismally in retrospect...
Thumbs Down. This offering is described on the program as a "thrillodrama." Suspicions are justified. Thumbs Down liberates a few thrills which creak mechanically through the house; it contains nothing of real drama...
...them from walking about, except to answer inquiries, and they can watch us just as well from one end or one side of the room, or from the middle, if they will only stay there. A proctor ought to know before he comes to an examination whether his boots creak or not; if they do, he can get a pair of felt slippers for sixty-five cents. Or if he sits down, as he ought to, he can do all his necessary walking in stocking-feet...
...next day dawned with unusual promise. A northerly wind, a sky clear both of clouds and canker-worms, and a number of eligible young men in the graduating class, seemed to promise a remarkably brilliant Class-Day. Our anticipations were more than realized. Never did the old stairways creak beneath a fairer load; the rippling laughter of our lovely visitors echoed through the grim halls until even the College bell strove to take a softer tone, as if from envy. Coming from the South, I had invited but a very moderate number of friends, and, at a comparatively early hour...