Word: hushing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...gave her hand a dry lick. She buried her face in the dog's good dusty fur. Looking up then, she saw what Girl had been leading her toward: not two hundred yards beyond the ridge the river and the 70 m.p.h. Sampans going blinkety-blinkety by in the hush of the night...
...Army made its charges on the basis of a 3½-month investigation headed by Lieut. General William Peers. The probe was instituted to find out if there had in fact been a massacre and, if so, whether anyone had tried to hush it up. On the first point, General Peers said that his findings "clearly established that a tragedy of major proportions occurred there." On the second: "Certain individuals, either wittingly or unwittingly, by their action suppressed information from being passed up the chain of command." Of the total of 27 charges against the officers, 16 were for "failure...
...painted a much more flattering portrait of the Queen 15 years ago: "People change over 15 years, and the Queen is no exception." The Queen's comment, according to Annigoni: "She told me it looked better varnished." . . . The house lights dim over New York Philharmonic Hall. A hush falls upon the white-tie audience as Conductor Andre
...After all the belly laughs were over ("I played golf today and shot a 72; tomorrow I'm going to play the second hole"), Skelton displayed an old trouper's feel for his audience by dramatically reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag amid a reverential hush...
...hush of astonishment broken by a buzz of generally favorable comment greeted his announement. "It sure beats late May and 1000 pages on dex," one senior said...