Word: gasp
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...children, some of whom were already fainting and drooping at their work stations, gasp in horror. But little Maria leaps up, crying out, "She's gone too far this time! We've got to do something!" They all drop their tools and start yelling excitedly: "Call Human Rights Watch!" "What about Ghostbusters?" "Someone out there has to care!" Between painful hacks caused by a bad case of industrial emphysema, Tiny Kim sputters, "Let's go all the way to the top! I know Santa wouldn't put up with this...
...would be--gasp--an alumnus...
...intricate squalor of Democratic fund raising is the news of the moment. But here's a big surprise: funny money is a bipartisan indulgence. Here's another: Bob Dole--gasp!--is in on the game. For most of his Senate career, Dole was the pro of the quid pro quo. No one else has been more effective at working the filigree of legislation, digging out just the groove to let the American government's generosity flow unimpeded to his most loyal supporters. And the G.O.P. generally has engaged for years in imaginative fund raising, and favors trading that would make...
...year we've seen mirages of good films. Here is the real thing. To transport picturegoers to a unique place in the glare of the earth, in the darkness of the heart--this, you realize with a gasp of joy, is what movies...
...Harvard community. Shouts of "The fraternities are coming!" echoed off the ivy-covered walls of this hallowed institution, and students cowered in fear of the imminent invasion of hordes of drunken frat boys. In fact, this school is so rabidly anti-fraternity that admitting you like them (or--gasp--belong to one) is almost akin to admitting to a loathsome disease...