Word: lulled
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...before the speech, Thaksin's approval ratings were starting to slip, falling from a high of 72% in May to 52% in August, according to a poll by Bangkok's Assumption University. Pollsters said it hadn't fallen further because people don't see any alternative. That shouldn't lull Thaksin into thinking he can ignore the King's advice. Says Sem Pringpuangkaew, a Thaksin loyalist who organized the nationwide petition drive in support of the Prime Minister while the PM was on trial for concealing his assets earlier this year: "Everybody has to listen to the King, including...
...director yelled, "cut", the cameras stopped and the crew was packing up for the day. But the action continued in the shantytown close to the airport in Maputo, Mozambique, where the new biopic "Ali" was filming earlier this year. Despite the lull, Will Smith kept on playing Muhammad Ali, shadowboxing, grooving along the dusty road surrounded by hundreds of adoring kid extras. Suddenly, Smith's feet left the ground and he was floating on a sea of hands. "Everyone starts shouting 'Ali, Ali, Ali,'" recalls director Michael Mann. "So, of course, I unwrapped. We started shooting like crazy. Will...
Sullivann attributed the lull to the team’s practices...
...wish that I could tell everyone that there’s no reason to worry, but I can’t. I don’t want to lull people into complacency,” Riley says. “The fact that people are being watchful and vigilant isn’t entirely...
...leaders were horrified at the collapse of their super power. Vladimir Kryuchkov, chairman of the KGB and later to be the moving force in the August coup, had all but accused Gorbachev of high treason in a closed session of parliament. But still, the putsch fizzled. The first ominous lull turned quickly into a baffling loss of momentum. Soon after the events, the story leaked out that the putsch leadership was less a junta than an all-day vodka party. Most of the eight leaders are said to have spent three days dead drunk. This...