Word: lull
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...gone down by the time we had emerged from the Fort McHenry Tunnel near downtown Baltimore. The tape had finished; now came the inevitable lull as each of us mulled over our thoughts and wondered if we had any deep enough to kick off a conversation...
Years of experience also gave the band the ability to play the crowd as well as--well, as well as Joe Perry plays guitar. After rousing the crowd to a fever pitch, Aerosmith proceeded to lull them with their rock ballad, "Dream On." Then they returned with the haunting "Janie's Got a Gun" and some of their harder numbers--only to break the mounting tension again by suddenly breaking into the theme from Peter Gunn. When Steve Tyler jokingly asked if everyone knew how it felt to be "Livin' on the Edge," and then began the best and last...
...fire of cottonwood, chanted prayers and read the ashes. When he emerged, he promised the park would be safe. At week's end there were no new cases of the mysterious illness. But no one was sure whether the blessing had taken hold or whether it was simply a lull before the evil descends over the land once more...
...think all groups go through a period where there is a lull in activism or a lull in people participating," Frazier says. "We've done a lot of political stuff this year. It's an issue of visibility...
...England's forgotten poet laureates. Yet Southey's story The Three Bears has endured for more than 100 years. Now another of his children's tales is resurrected, thanks to David Catrow's lively paintings. The rhythms and sights of a waterfall should lull and delight young readers well into the next century...