Word: gaspeing
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...least 100 flaming men clawed their way through the exits, packed with crazed, dying men. Through spattering gunfire from SS machine pistols and bazookas, most of the men staggered blindly for the nearby latrine even though it too was aflame. In a last gasp of agony they threw themselves into the excrement-filled trench where SS guards shot them and clubbed them to death, their bodies sinking slowly into the filth...
...would give contemporary artists "a sense of tradition and . . . nurtured confidence." Plain citizens regarded the show with that native Canadian modesty that has in it a hint of the defensive. Reported Toronto's weekly Saturday Night: "It is not an exhibition of masterpieces that will cause you to gasp before every other canvas-Canada's contribution to world art has not yet been that distinguished, but it is a respectable collection . . . Canadians may take a certain pride...
...picture is directed to the last gasp and shudder by Robert Siodmak (Christmas Holiday, Phantom Lady), who was born in Memphis, Tenn. but developed his talent for terror in the great studios of pre-Hitler Germany. Notably frightening scene: suspicious Inspector Ridges re-enacting the probable method of murder for the appalled widower while the camera, taking possession of Laughton's brain, flicks from bit to bit of the scene of the crime, turning a dark wardrobe, a torn stair-carpet, into so many kicks in the emotional midriff...
...worked like devils to make some sort of defense. On a perimeter about two miles out of the town they set up a line of foxholes, manned by the 101st's paratroopers. Stationed nearby were groups of tanks and tank destroyers. Just outside the town was a last-gasp inner defense circle, manned largely by the stragglers. Slight (5 ft. 8 in., 135 lb.), salty Brigadier General Anthony Clement McAuliffe, the 101st's acting commander charged with holding Bastogne, called them his "Team Snafu." Inside the town was a reserve force of tanks and tank destroyers, to dash...
...last gasp of the tennis season was an encore to the national championships at Forest Hills: in the Pacific Southwest finals at Los Angeles this week, Sergeant Frank Parker again topped 4-F Bill Talbert (6-4, 6-8, 8-6), and U.S. Champion Pauline Betz again bested Runner-up Margaret Osborne...