Word: gaspeing
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...happy dungeon whose lofty towers admit a deluge of daylight. For its parapeted roof line and labyrinthine interior, he turned to Scottish castles, which he admires for their great center halls surrounded by thick walls hollowed out to make staircases and small rooms. The results made one student gasp, "Every angle hits you," and privacy seekers are delighted. Said one, "I can't believe there are 137 other people in this building with...
...final gasp produced Harvard's last two runs in the ninth. A single by John Dockery and walks to Jeff Grate and Neville set up the ducks for a two-run line shot by Jim Tobin...
...very idea of the Charles Playhouse staging Brecht's magnum opus, Galileo, might draw a gasp of astonishment. The play requires elaborate production, many large and varied sets, a cast of fifty; and the script makes enormous demands of the actors. But with the help of Tony van Bridge, a fine Shakespearean actor imported from Canada to play Galileo, the Charles production remains competent throughout and occasionally flashes through to brilliance...
...Schonfield has missed the point. The plot is much bigger than he realized; its magnitude must make us gasp with admiration. Think of the Madison Avenue techniques apparent in the show put on some 30-odd years earlier-finding out about the impending tax from "contacts" (the perfect excuse for a trip to Bethlehem), timing the conception of a boy child, setting the stage (the angels' choirs and star alone must have cost plenty). What seriousness of purpose, what singleness of thought to hold to for 33 years And finally, she even managed to have Him find someone...
...last gasp of amateur writing for a college magazine was the Harvard Square sex story genre of the '50's. "Everyone in love at Harvard wrote one of these," Culler said. It usually dealt with the problems of college love, and was set in such familiar locales as the steps of Widenor Library or a room in Eliot House. The best of these -- "Winter Term" by Sallie Bingham -- is in the new anthology...