Word: hollowing
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...teeth in position. . . . Trouble was discovered almost at once. After playing for a few moments, my musical patient laid his instrument aside with an air of utter resignation. 'Doctor, that depression in the center of the palate is no good for me-the air becomes stranded in the hollow. I can't produce a normal legato...
...filled in the hollow. The results were gratifying, but not for long. After playing his instrument again, my patient was once again a picture of gloom. 'Doctor, my legato has improved . . . but now I lose my wind too quickly.' I partially closed up the arch in the bicuspid region. 'Fine,' said my patient after another experiment with his flute. [Then] the patient suddenly stopped and his face registered horror. 'Doctor, I'm losing my staccato...
...Ronson cigaret lighter; one Waltham wrist watch; one U.S.-made nail clipper; a colored picture of a tiger (possibly picked up during the Malayan campaign); a helmet with hollow pads in which was secreted a girl's photograph; a mosquito headnet ful of rice. . . . One other item lying near by turned out to be a white silk shirt, made in Sydney. Don't ask me what a Nip would be doing with a white silk shirt...
...climbing, high-altitude interceptors. The Mustang's original 1,150-h.p. Allison engine could not haul it upstairs to catch the souped-up Messerschmitts that were cruising over England at 30,000 ft., so the planes were relegated to reconnaissance duty with the Army Co-operation Command-a hollow and almost academic assignment...
...jerk,' he says, 'gimme a cupa coffee.' Jerk! You're not in business to fight, right? A physical altercation can spoil the nickels. 'Derelict,' I say, 'don't disturb my equanimity.' So again he insults me-a hollow hulk like that. So I say to him: 'Your idiocy is very refreshing.' So he gets sore and wants to fight. So I say to him nice and polite: 'Hey, bum,' I said, 'stop knocking yourself out. The door's open. Beat...