Word: hushing
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...Count returned to his manor to find himself an exponent of the Bourgeois and not the king's trusted servant. Greatly enraged though he was, he could only resign his commission and try to hush the matter. His wife takes his hard. Pinteau, however, is not so fortunate. His bride-to-be refused to marry him, when she learned that he was not the Count. Thus, the Count did not get to Paris for long, and his secretary lost a bride...
...married Princess Nazli on May 24, 1919. He is a man of large stature; handsome after the manner of Egyptians; inordinately proud of a mature Kaiser moustache; of considerable intelligence, but with pronounced leanings to despotism, believing that his subjects should heed the Spanish proverb: "With King and Inquisition . . . hush...
...wait of two triple-space minutes while the announcer winds his watch. Then he steps forward. There is a noisy hush...
There is a hush, broken only by the witty graduate, who, encouraged by his first success, wants to know again if it is puss-in-the-corner that is being played. This fails to gain...
...mind that is usually conducive to the best results, and that a great improvement will take place this week. In other words the players themselves are determined that beginning with next Saturday's game with Penn State they will cut loose with a brand of football which will hush their critics for the rest of the season...