Word: fainted
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...interloping organization like the International Star Registry. Says Swarthmore's Heintz, chairman of the I.A.U.'s commission for documentation: "There is no chance of the registry's designations being recognized by the world astronomical community." Besides, Marsden points out, many of the stars are so faint that "buyers probably won't even able to find their star." But Registry Founder Downie insists that the astronomers are missing the point. Says he: 'When space travel becomes as common as snowmobiling, it's going to be a lot more fun to go to Elton John...
...walked away, I thought I heard a faint "Ho, ho, humbug...
...finally reached the door of Santa's house, knocked and heard a faint, "I'll get it. Ho, ho, ho." Soon a portly gentleman dressed in a typical red Santa suit opened the door...
...faint whine of a helicopter peals from the north. The two-way radio crackles to life: "We're two miles out, coming in with seven horses." That sends Tracy Robison, 16, leaping onto a sorrel mount. He wedges the horse behind a mound of sagebrush and keeps as still as he can. Gil Crawford, 58, dives for cover behind an embankment, grabbing a yellow rope that will release the trap gate on the quarry...
...tense game of thrust and parry with Mr. Glas, the store-owner, (David Reiffel). As the two are gradually getting a feel for one another, in bursts a young Jewish girl (everyone seems to burst into Slow Dance) on her way to have an abortion and about to faint...