Word: gasped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have come calling. It stretched even my P.R. abilities to write positive things about a 2-10-3 team. After all, the then wet-behind-the-ears rookie Field looked younger than many of her players, who failed to score in no less than seven games while losing to--gasp--Wellesley and Wheaton...
Getting from here to there will be a rocky trip. For the next couple of years, some inflationary pressures will continue, with demands for outsize wage increases and Government payouts. "But all these," says Greenspan, "will be only the last-gasp aftereffects of the previous decade...
...airman heard a G.I. crouched behind a coconut log gasp: 'Hey, there's General MacArthur!' Without turning to look, the G.I. beside him drawled, 'Oh, yeah? And I suppose he's got Eleanor Roosevelt along with him.' Apparently enemy soldiers were just as incredulous. After the war [Tomoyuki] Yamashita said that despite mounting evidence to the contrary, he couldn't believe that MacArthur was really there on that first day of the invasion...
...doldrums, Husák was almost displaced as Communist Party chief by his main rival, Premier Lubomir Štrougal. Indeed, according to some reports, for three days Husák was actually forced to step down from office. In near panic, his supporters tried a last-gasp tactic: they telephoned a warning to Soviet Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev. He was appalled by the news and ordered Husák's reinstatement...
...talk about special effects. What about doing San Francisco, earthquake and all? With all this computerized lighting and scenery elevators, we could tear the whole town down two shows a night. It would be fun to hear people gasp over something besides robots for a change...