Word: gasped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shocked hearing room, Fred Loomis' statement brought an incredulous gasp from Committee Chairman John McClellan. "His conscience?" he asked. Replied Loomis with utter finality: "His conscience...
...Dudley tower, however, has no relation to Georgian aesthetics, but represents one final last gasp of the dying radio industry. WHRB began tests of FM broadcasting last night, and orgies are scheduled to begin in ten days at 107.1 on frequency modulated dial...
...Gali and six other members of the Domonkos hospital group, the sentence was prison. For Ilona Toth and two of her companions, including the one who helped hold AVH man Kollar, the sentence was death. As the word fell from the judge's lips, there was a gasp from the 400 spectators in the courtroom. The judge threatened to clear the court. Tommy-gun-toting guards edged forward. This was Kadar's Hungary...
...recent months, Radio Peking has dropped most of the insults ("running dog," etc.) in front of Chiang Kai-shek's name, now treats him as if he were merely a stubborn old fellow. But Chou could not resist a passing reference to Formosa's "dying gasp." Answered Nationalist China's Foreign Minister George K. C. Yeh: "Pure nonsense...
...know about the power that lies in William Friedman's uncanny knowledge of such things as biliteral codes and complicated ciphers, but even a hint as to his accomplishments has been enough to make many a thoughtful citizen gasp in awe and respect. As the nation's top cryptanalyst, i.e., breaker of secret codes, William Friedman is one of very few men in U.S. history to receive both the Medal for Merit and the National Security Medal. In 1944, he was awarded the prized War Department Commendation for Exceptional Civilian Service. Last week, with only a vague idea...