Word: growl
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...Smattering of Ignorance) and radio (In formation, Please), Levant revives his movie career as the surly, acidulous secretary of a charlatan song writer (Basil Rathbone). This gives him a chance to rattle off some facile trills on conveniently placed pianos, berate the musical ignorance of the surrounding characters, growl an occasional wry witticism through his cavernous, smoke-filled mouth...
Boyer hurried down the mountain to summon aid from Seattle. Through the afternoon, night and next morning, Faye Plank sat alone on a six-inch ledge, fighting sleep and listening to the noisy growl of the waterfalls. She had to watch the rope and hold it jammed in a crevice with her boot heels. Said she: "I could hear Anne down below. At first she was just moaning. But when it got dark she began calling. . . . Night lasted a long time, but the early morning was the worst. . . ." At 10:30 that morning, sleepless Karl Boyer and the rescuers...
...resigned as Premier when a financial collapse compelled him to give up revisionism as the price of a French loan. Since then he has played a background role in opposition politics, occasionally coming out of his shell to issue warnings against getting too cozy with the Nazis or to growl about the decadence of his own aristocratic class. Hopeless and outmoded as most of the surviving diplomatic bigwigs of the '205, the crusty Count is convinced that his country is going to pot: "It is much to be feared that Bolshevistic ideology will again strike root in the nation...
...blackfaced Caesar tries his best, now & then, to seem degenerate and willful. The strong man, Ferrovius, loudly debates whether to fight back at his oppressors or practice Christian nonresistance. The lion remembers to growl. The martyrs try to look downtrodden. But to no avail. Androcles fails to transmit a serious social message, for the good reason that it is not a serious play. Shaw's Androcles is a whimsical fellow. His Caesar is a playboy. His frisking lion is fed more gags than Christians. His martyrs are as exhilarated as though they were going to see a show rather...
...rally as being instrumental in the new victory-consciousness . . . The Bengal band used a number of "fakers" who pretended they were playing to swell the musical ranks . . . Coach Wieman's huddle looked very informal with its "heads-up" style; it gave the center time to come up and growl at the Harvard line before being joined by his mates . . . Little Nick Mellen was outweighed 60 lbs. by opposing guard Herring, but the latter spent all afternoon picking himself off the ground . . . Austie Harding's choice of plays was uncanny during the second half; he proved himself a great team spark...