Word: gasp
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...young man answers with a gasp. He is a timid essayist who takes refuge from life in literature...
...probably the best player Harvard will face all season. He's 6 ft., 8 in. He was an All-East performer last year, scoring 20 points per game and ranking eighth in the nation in rebounding. In two games this year, Kimball has scored 50 points and pulled down (gasp!) 52 rebounds...
...Roman Catholic chapel on the University of New Mexico campus last week, one woman worshiper commented on the vaguely familiar hymn sung at the end of the Mass. "It's very pretty," she said. "Who wrote it?" Her response was a disbelieving gasp when the priest explained that O God, Almighty Father was a Lutheran hymn...
...lest legitimate criticisms and queries harden into self-righteousness, a sense of perspective must be maintained. The issue of morality in Washington is to some extent the last gasp of Senator Goldwater, who has failed to score with anything more tangible. Johnson's error, if and when it is proven, must be viewed alongside his many accomplishments. And the question of morality, if it is to be judged at all, becomes miniscule when compared with the other "moral" questions on which Senator Goldwater is contemptible: civil rights, poverty, or nuclear arms, for example...
...last-gasp Crimson effort was a spectacular show. With six Eagles playing back for pass defense, Zimmerman hit Ron Kram, then Carter Lord, and finally Welz to put the ball on the B.C. 24. On the fourth attempt a swarm of rushing linemen dragged Zimmerman down. The gun sounded before the Crimson could run another play...